White flight? Suburbs lose young whites to cities

[sistacaf]

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i grew up in the inner city and don't miss it one bit. do not ever wanna go back to living that way, all up on toppa one another. it makes ppl crazy. and i hated the physical surroundings, the overcrowding, dirty dark streets, and gray cement - for me there's just no sense in having a nice house on the inside if i have to hide inside ah it to get away from miserable conditions outside.

can't say i love the suburbs much either, although where i live now is kinda in-between the two; on the cusp as tulip says - 'just' outside the city. it's okay, but what i liked best was bein waaaayyyyy out, even past the suburbs, in the real country. when i lived that way i didn't mind the commute; even though i worked in the city i so much enjoyed having fresher air and breathing room when i was at home. a couple years ago i moved back down here to be closer to family, but now that i'm once again living so close to the city, it's only reminding me why i left in the first place. and now i'm working on getting far out again -

[evanovitch]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Curmudgeon_Milo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I learned a new word today...&quot;gentrified&quot;.

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gen·trify

transitive verb gentrified -·

1.to convert (a deteriorated or aging area in a city) into a more affluent middle-class neighborhood, as by remodeling dwellings, resulting in increased property values and in displacement of the poor

2.to raise to a higher status or condition; improve, uplift, etc.

[faraway]

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except in detroit, city housing costs more per square foot than suburbs...

[halfwaytree]

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I have always lived in the burbs and I hate it. I'd love to move to the city but my job is here in the burbs so here I stay for now.

[Stormmey]

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I just love love living out in the country, no not suburb but country. Takes me about 45 mins to get to the city well (small town) I went to University in Vancouver and I just hated it I could not wait to finish and return to my bush where when I look out is bush and more bush and them critters tiptoeing through the bush.

I remember as a teenager I could not wait to go to University and the city, I got there and was so put off. Gimme British Columbia interior for life

[Blackstar*]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Stormmey1</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">I just love love living out in the country, no not suburb but country. </span></div></div>That would be my other preference: wide open spaces of the country as opposed to suburban housing estates.