but they can't describe their life as efficient or ecological since that's definitively not the case This is absolutely true. Problem is living in a suburb is

but they can't describe their life as efficient or ecological since that's definitively not the case This is absolutely true. Problem is living in a suburb is even less efficient and even less ecological than living in a city. That's kind of the issue. It's kind of like what they say about democracy. Living in a city is the worst way to live on this planet, except for all the others.