I didn't mean to come across like that. I was intending to criticize the system that put us all in this position where this was the obvious choice. Strong towns

I didn't mean to come across like that. I was intending to criticize the system that put us all in this position where this was the obvious choice. Strong towns focuses heavily on the cost aspect of rural and suburban building with all the amenities of a city. I would prefer if we all had the option to move out to the boonies without it being the obvious choice because A) we stop running these towns as ponzi schemes, subsidizing current COL on supposed future growth and B) we built ample high density housing in city centers and near transit hubs so that housing in convenient areas wasn't a Veblen good.