[yardie]

Proximity to green spaces is usually set by income. It's great that you are in within walking distance of a 1200 acre park with a zoo, duckpond, and conservatory. But what about someone making 1/2 to 1/4 your income? Shouldn't they have access to these things as well?

I grew up poor in the city and I grew up middle class in the suburbs. Turns out my single mom didn't make more money, it just went further in the suburbs. We even had a more active social life after leaving the city. We weren't allowed to go to the park because drug dealers and users had basically over ran it. I found a used condom in the sandpit and asked my mom to blow it up because I thought it was a balloon. After that incident we moved to a sunny suburb with a clean swimming pool, parks in every direction, and shopping center within walking distance.

The city is a great place to live if you have money, for everyone else the burbs aren't so bad.

[rayiner]

It's definitely true that the city is better for people with more money, but people in cities are usually paid more too. And the crossover point comes at different points in different cities. Here in Chicago, you don't need to be rich to afford an apartment in a tree-lined neighborhood near a park and a mile or so from the lake. It's even more true in smaller cities like Syracuse, etc, or satellite cities like Evanston or Aurora.

[Evbn]

Evanston is a suburb!