> "a neighborhood where everyone seems actively discouraged from knowing anything about their neighbors." I like the city for exactly the opposite reason. In

> "a neighborhood where everyone seems actively discouraged from knowing anything about their neighbors." I like the city for exactly the opposite reason. In my experience, it is difficult to both ignore others and be ignored in the suburbs. On the other hand, finding privacy in a city is easy. There are too many people in cities to do the small-town/suburbs "everyone knows everyone, and everyone sticks their noses in everyone's business" thing.