The irony (and not in the hipster sense) is that Hating Suburbia is about as suburban as it gets. Don't get me wrong: I really find sprawl distasteful and thin

The irony (and not in the hipster sense) is that Hating Suburbia is about as suburban as it gets. Don't get me wrong: I really find sprawl distasteful and think Americans drive too much and walk/bike too little (for their health as well as the environment). I'm a snob and I'll admit it. I don't know that I'll be in New York or San Francisco forever (Austin seems pretty neat, so that may be where I put down roots in a few years; Seattle is a strong possibility) but I'm never moving to a place that involves a 30+ minute commute. I'm not joining the Driving Dead. I like cities and having a good job usually involves being near one. That said, I like trees and lakes and animals (I grew up with foxes, bears and bobcats on the property, so there). If suburbia is how a person achieves that, then good for it. Not all "suburbs" are horrible, environment-raping places. (The Buda Hills are suburb-like and amazing.) The evil is traffic congestion and over-driving due to outdated norms about physical presence amid middle-class mediocrity and conformity, in addition to large houses required by people favoring quantity of possessions over quality. It has nothing to do with whether one's postal address is a notable city versus a no-name bedroom community.