When you’ve reaped all of the benefits and you no longer take much joy in those, then you’re just bothered by the cons of city life. Of which there are, of course, many. You’ll start to feel that itch. Here are signs you’re ready to leave the city for the suburbs.
Maybe your partner doesn’t need to leave the city today, but he needs to know that he won’t be there forever. Talk it over. Perhaps, if you could be comfortable moving to the suburbs in five years, that will be good enough for him. Just knowing that that’s coming could make him happy.
There aren’t that many people per capita in the suburbs so you can easily get to know all of your kid’s friends quickly. There simply won’t be that many people for your child to meet, so you’ll know with whom she runs around.
You secretly fear that you’re becoming boring, so anytime you catch your partner talking about the new home owner’s association law you want to slap his hand and say, “Shhhh! We aren’t becoming those people!”
After living most of her life in Newark, NJ and having people raise their eyebrows, make ignorant comments, or assume things about her, this author wonders why the bad overshadows the good in perceptions of inner city life.
(CBSNews) — White flight? In a reversal, America’s suburbs are now more likely to be home to minorities, the poor and a rapidly growing older population as many younger, educated whites move to cities for jobs and shorter commutes. An analysis of 2000-2008 census data by the Brookings Institution highlights the demographic “tipping points” seen […]