Transactional costs must also have a similar factor. Friends were difficult to make and retain the the suburbs as a kid. They've been nearly impossible as an

Transactional costs must also have a similar factor. Friends were difficult to make and retain the the suburbs as a kid. They've been nearly impossible as an adult. Traffic and the dispersion of people across a wide area, driven by rent and jobs and just it being a huge metro region with some of the worst traffic in the country. The transactional costs in even the effort required to be there; let alone having time to make that effort.