[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.