Back in the day, many of my friends and I lived a cool city life before we had kids. After kids we couldn't afford the city any more, and moved out to the boon

Back in the day, many of my friends and I lived a cool city life before we had kids. After kids we couldn't afford the city any more, and moved out to the boondocks with daily 3-4 hour round trip commutes that included cars, trains and subways. I know the problem is worse now, but city life being more expensive has always been a thing.