This comment makes a lot of sense if you're a time traveler from several decades ago, but a lot has changed since the 1960s. There are plenty of very diverse su

This comment makes a lot of sense if you're a time traveler from several decades ago, but a lot has changed since the 1960s. There are plenty of very diverse suburbs in any sense of the word and suburbs now also run the gamut across all levels of income and affordability from the top to the bottom. If you wish to live in a suburb in America, you can, regardless of income level and regardless of what you look like and whether you want to live around people who look like you. If there is a particular area you're thinking of where this isn't the case, it's probably an outlier -- you'll want to explore the US a bit more. Houston, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Las Vegas etc are all examples of "second tier" cities (not the new yorks, LAs, SFs of the world) that while less attractive to the wealthy who can live anywhere, have plenty of room for regular working families of all sorts. Then there's the third rate smaller cities and large towns, where you'll also find both plenty diverse places and plenty not so diverse, and you'll find even more affordability -- but possibly not as good a job market. I think living in a "second rate" US metro area is the sweet spot for raising a family on working incomes -- jobs are available, unlike lesser areas, but housing is affordable, unlike fancier areas.