[xyzelement]

Sure, but it doesn't sound like you have kids (yet) based on how you are describing it. Sorry if that's a wrong assumption.

I totally get how at the period of life before you have kids, the city has advantages but once you have kids that formula flips quite a bit (eg: you care about access to Thai food less, while the backyard starts to matter a lot.)

To put it in the terms of my up-thread post - that still sounds like a relatively smaller total demand vs before (eg, before COVID I suggested buying a larger place so we could have kids in NYC and I would have an easy commute - now I couldn't care less about being there vs my nice burb)

[ghaff]

I don't have kids. But still appreciate the quiet/space of the exurb and going into town for the theater is still not that big a deal. And I don't really eat out a lot if I'm not traveling. So, yeah, not a lot of interest in living in the city and would probably need a car for weekend activities, etc. anyway (which most of my urban friends have anyway).

I could afford to live in the city if I wanted to but I choose not to.

[xyzelement]

Now you are all set to have a buncha kids :)

[lovich]

I’m late 30s. You’re right about not having kids but that’s because I don’t want any. Even if I did though, I’d be looking at moving to an area with a good school system, and those areas are just as expensive as living in a city with multiple school options, ex: brookline