My wife was born and grew up in Hong Kong, an urban dream city. Between MTR, light rail, and an incredible bus system, their transportation is some of the best

My wife was born and grew up in Hong Kong, an urban dream city. Between MTR, light rail, and an incredible bus system, their transportation is some of the best in the world, and it serves some very high-density housing, so it's well-suited. A few years ago she moved to the US and we now live in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, where she loves it. She prefers it over Hong Kong in nearly every way, loves driving, loves everything about it. It's simple not true that US suburbs become unpalatable when compared to Seoul (or Hong Kong). That may be true for you, but it is not at all true for everyone. There are tradeoffs and compromises on both extremes.