Why, why? I've had a horror of suburbs since I was a kid; we lived in Park Forest outside Chicago for a summer when I was 3, going on 4, and my only memory of it is how depressing I found it, even at that age (I was happy to learn recently that Michelle Obama went there as a child and also hated it!). Growing up in Urbana, Illinois — well, it wasn't exactly a city at 100,000 people, but my neighborhood had big trees and old houses that were all unique, and we could easily walk downtown or even walk to the campus downtown. I walked, rode my bike, or took the city bus to school. A university town like that combines the best of cities and suburbs. Now, living in a North Oakland neighborhood at the heart of the Bay Area, I can see why people might want to get away from some of the urban issues we have but still don't think I could afford all the therapy I'd need if I lived in a suburb. We have such a lack of community in general in the U.S., and suburbs only exacerbate that. I thought the trend was to appreciate cities and am sad to hear that's reversing.