[JMTQp8lwXL]

I live in a medium density area outside the inner city. After a roommate left, I had extra space (1 more bedroom) so I was fortunately prepared going into this. If I had less space, I would leave for more. But I could easily get an extra couple hundred square feet in my same neighborhood. I live in multi-family housing.

To be honest, I'm unsure I'd want a single family home in my area. It doesn't seem safe (vagrants hanging out on porches at odd hours, for example); I like living with shared walls and more people around.

[odai4real]

That's a good happy? medium. I guess that's a downside of living in the inner city (I'll add it to my cons list haha). I am with you, I dislike walking around in areas where you don't see anyone else but just cars driving around. But also, I really like gardening and I'd like a backyard. So far, I am leaning more towards a suburban area just for that.

[flukus]

"European" style cities could give you the best of both. Where I'm living in Melbourne the area is mostly 2-4 story apartment buildings with common garden areas that get little to no love. If you wanted to do some garden maintenance, put in a vegetable gardens or anything like that I'm sure everyone in the building would tell you to go nuts.

You miss the personal backyard though.