Urban Living Versus Suburban Living

When it comes to major metropolitan areas, there are generally two lifestyles: urban living, and suburban living. Urban living usually conjures up romantic ideas of downtown New York City or Chicago, where you might catch a Broadway show down the street from your high-rise loft. Suburban living evokes an image of the atypical American dream, complete with a dog and 2.3 children. But have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in one place or the other, which is better and which you would just absolutely hate?

Frankly, the answer to the question above is completely dependent upon what kind of a person you are. Let's start with urban living and the generally held assumptions about how that life works. First, living in the city is usually much more expensive. You pay a higher per-square-foot average on space, parking is rarely free, and toiletries, convenient store items and the like are on average more expensive. However, in these environments, everything is in the same vicinity, making it very easy to move about. In most cases you are able to walk wherever you need to go, and if you an active night person, you don't have to worry about drinking and driving.

Suburbia life is much more family-oriented. With a higher concentration of homes in any given area, one almost always must get in the car to go anywhere; the convenient store, restaurants, to get groceries, and the like. The difference here is that things are generally cheaper and much quieter, allowing you to focus more on your family.

Whatever your taste, there are certainly pros and cons to both lifestyle approaches. For more information contact the Carvajal Group at 512.419.7770.