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That is truly a strange and different life. You must be very comfortable in crowds, without much concern for the fact that some other person could do something

That is truly a strange and different life. You must be very comfortable in crowds, without much concern for the fact that some other person could do something bad to you. Suburbia exists largely because other people disagree. These other people can not relax on a city bus. Fixing your own sewer is something people do for privacy (strangers again, IN THE HOME), scheduling, and to take pride in doing something with real physical results. It's like cooking your own food, changing the oil in your car, walking your dog, washing your dog, teaching your kids to read, driving, and mowing your lawn. All these things can be paid for, but that takes variety out of life and reduces privacy. Getting burglarized in Texas is pretty special. Somebody knew he wasn't home, or at least that he wasn't armed. I shouldn't be walking for groceries. The HCOL/LCOL distinction sorts by family size, being both cause and effect. (you choose a place according to family size, and then the choice you made will influence your family size) I have 11 kids, so try to imagine hauling the groceries for 13 people. Going by your price, it's $35.75 for us to take the bus.

sershe 8y ago
As far as these preferences go, I think of myself as an outlier in the US, but with 11 kids and pride in fixing your own sewer and/or not wanting a plumber in your house for privacy reasons, you appear to be much more of an outlier in the opposite direction. Sure, in that case, you have to live in suburbs (or a rural setting). I know some people who want to live walking distance to long mountain running trails, that places even more severe restrictions on them. For an average person though, preference for suburbs is usually just based on outdated preconceived notions and habit (scared on a city bus? buses in HCOL areas, esp. those going to major white collar employment areas e.g. Seattle to Redmond, have like 30% of the people on their laptops half the time; uncomfortable in crowds, in the US? most US cities have no crowds to speak of even in downtown core, and in any case most people are quite fine in a crowd at a football game or a concert). Also, even with an extreme bias towards suburbs in the US ("the children!"), many people do prefer cities if you judge by the price per sqft.

sershe 8y ago

As far as these preferences go, I think of myself as an outlier in the US, but with 11 kids and pride in fixing your own sewer and/or not wanting a plumber in your house for privacy reasons, you appear to be much more of an outlier in the opposite direction. Sure, in that case, you have to live in suburbs (or a rural setting). I know some people who want to live walking distance to long mountain running trails, that places even more severe restrictions on them. For an average person though, preference for suburbs is usually just based on outdated preconceived notions and habit (scared on a city bus? buses in HCOL areas, esp. those going to major white collar employment areas e.g. Seattle to Redmond, have like 30% of the people on their laptops half the time; uncomfortable in crowds, in the US? most US cities have no crowds to speak of even in downtown core, and in any case most people are quite fine in a crowd at a football game or a concert). Also, even with an extreme bias towards suburbs in the US ("the children!"), many people do prefer cities if you judge by the price per sqft.