The Decline Of Suburbia?

[temeculaguy]

We had this same discussion about the same author a month ago. Families aren’t moving downtown and biking to work. Some people will. Childless young professionals will do it for a little while but the majority of families want a yard, a dog, good schools, quiet and be far away from poor people and the homeless. I’m not saying these are my issues but they are the issues of real people and those of us in the West are especially fond of elbow room and privacy, we are not Europe. Switching from a chevy suburban to a prius will happen long before the residents of the burbs switch to city heights and golden hill. The same argument can be made for our mass tranist. It’s not that we dont like busses and trains, we don’t like the unwashed that ride them.

This guy misses the whole reason the suburbs exist, people dont flee proximity, they flee other people. If poor people can’t afford the gas to live in the burbs, it will only serve to make them more inviting.

I also agree with the other posters, oil is over, the price is the catalyst to force change, we needed this.

[smshorttimer]

Who are those folks hanging out in Grape Day Park in Escondido? Or the dude living in the bushes by my old office in Vista? I’m not saying I totally disagree – I don’t – but it ain’t that simple. Lots of well off people live in central city, too.

[smshorttimer]

Who are those folks hanging out in Grape Day Park in Escondido? Or the dude living in the bushes by my old office in Vista? I’m not saying I totally disagree – I don’t – but it ain’t that simple. Lots of well off people live in central city, too.

[smshorttimer]

Who are those folks hanging out in Grape Day Park in Escondido? Or the dude living in the bushes by my old office in Vista? I’m not saying I totally disagree – I don’t – but it ain’t that simple. Lots of well off people live in central city, too.

[smshorttimer]

Who are those folks hanging out in Grape Day Park in Escondido? Or the dude living in the bushes by my old office in Vista? I’m not saying I totally disagree – I don’t – but it ain’t that simple. Lots of well off people live in central city, too.

[smshorttimer]

Who are those folks hanging out in Grape Day Park in Escondido? Or the dude living in the bushes by my old office in Vista? I’m not saying I totally disagree – I don’t – but it ain’t that simple. Lots of well off people live in central city, too.

[HarryBosch]

I used to live in OC all my family on my wife’s side and on my side still live in OC. They would not consider moving to Riverside because they would not want to pay the price of time – not gas.

When I lived in OC I didn’t consider moving to Riverside even though I knew I could buy a bigger house. My time with my family was more important than that they live in a bigger house with a bigger backyard.

I think most people decide where to live based on how near they are to their employment – because it saves them time.

I moved my family to Riverside county because my employment location changed. I think most people have their own personal threshold for how much drive time they will spend for work. Mine was 3 hours a day on the freeway each day for nine months.

Of course it was easy for my stay-at-home wife to say that I should not base where I live on where I work. Leaving for work at 6am and sometimes not getting home until after 7pm each day gets old after a while. What’s the point of being married and having a family if you only see your kids for a couple hours at night?

Which would you rather have: free gas or free time?

[HarryBosch]

I used to live in OC all my family on my wife’s side and on my side still live in OC. They would not consider moving to Riverside because they would not want to pay the price of time – not gas.

When I lived in OC I didn’t consider moving to Riverside even though I knew I could buy a bigger house. My time with my family was more important than that they live in a bigger house with a bigger backyard.

I think most people decide where to live based on how near they are to their employment – because it saves them time.

I moved my family to Riverside county because my employment location changed. I think most people have their own personal threshold for how much drive time they will spend for work. Mine was 3 hours a day on the freeway each day for nine months.

Of course it was easy for my stay-at-home wife to say that I should not base where I live on where I work. Leaving for work at 6am and sometimes not getting home until after 7pm each day gets old after a while. What’s the point of being married and having a family if you only see your kids for a couple hours at night?

Which would you rather have: free gas or free time?

[HarryBosch]

I used to live in OC all my family on my wife’s side and on my side still live in OC. They would not consider moving to Riverside because they would not want to pay the price of time – not gas.

When I lived in OC I didn’t consider moving to Riverside even though I knew I could buy a bigger house. My time with my family was more important than that they live in a bigger house with a bigger backyard.

I think most people decide where to live based on how near they are to their employment – because it saves them time.

I moved my family to Riverside county because my employment location changed. I think most people have their own personal threshold for how much drive time they will spend for work. Mine was 3 hours a day on the freeway each day for nine months.

Of course it was easy for my stay-at-home wife to say that I should not base where I live on where I work. Leaving for work at 6am and sometimes not getting home until after 7pm each day gets old after a while. What’s the point of being married and having a family if you only see your kids for a couple hours at night?

Which would you rather have: free gas or free time?

[HarryBosch]

I used to live in OC all my family on my wife’s side and on my side still live in OC. They would not consider moving to Riverside because they would not want to pay the price of time – not gas.

When I lived in OC I didn’t consider moving to Riverside even though I knew I could buy a bigger house. My time with my family was more important than that they live in a bigger house with a bigger backyard.

I think most people decide where to live based on how near they are to their employment – because it saves them time.

I moved my family to Riverside county because my employment location changed. I think most people have their own personal threshold for how much drive time they will spend for work. Mine was 3 hours a day on the freeway each day for nine months.

Of course it was easy for my stay-at-home wife to say that I should not base where I live on where I work. Leaving for work at 6am and sometimes not getting home until after 7pm each day gets old after a while. What’s the point of being married and having a family if you only see your kids for a couple hours at night?

Which would you rather have: free gas or free time?

[HarryBosch]

I used to live in OC all my family on my wife’s side and on my side still live in OC. They would not consider moving to Riverside because they would not want to pay the price of time – not gas.

When I lived in OC I didn’t consider moving to Riverside even though I knew I could buy a bigger house. My time with my family was more important than that they live in a bigger house with a bigger backyard.

I think most people decide where to live based on how near they are to their employment – because it saves them time.

I moved my family to Riverside county because my employment location changed. I think most people have their own personal threshold for how much drive time they will spend for work. Mine was 3 hours a day on the freeway each day for nine months.

Of course it was easy for my stay-at-home wife to say that I should not base where I live on where I work. Leaving for work at 6am and sometimes not getting home until after 7pm each day gets old after a while. What’s the point of being married and having a family if you only see your kids for a couple hours at night?

Which would you rather have: free gas or free time?

[sdrealtor]

FYI The OC = suburbia

[sdrealtor]

FYI The OC = suburbia

[sdrealtor]

FYI The OC = suburbia

[sdrealtor]

FYI The OC = suburbia

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