city living... WTF?

[Ego]

Could you imagine a future where neighborhoods decline and schools become worse as you move further from the city center (like Paris)? Might a Brooklynization occur in other cities?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/nyreg ... 59AFFFB886

[lillo9546]

We live in a small Great Lakes town about an hour away from a major city. We have the benefits of cheaper & higher quality housing, friendly neighbors, access to the Lake, wonderful parks, low taxes, knowing your neighbors and practically no traffic. We are close enough to drive into the big city for world-class medical care, professional sports teams and one of the best orchestras in the world.

Why would we live in a crime infested, congested city with high taxes? We could have never retired early if we lived in a big city.

djc

how did you chose it?