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Everybody wants that edge of city and country feel. It makes them feel like they don't live in the city but they still have all the amenities a city offers close by. And thus the Suburban experiment was born and has ultimately destroyed north american cities and created an affordability crisis for housing.
well you can't blame it all on "living on the edge of a city". IMO HOAs have done a substantial part of the harm, creating the sterile and hostile-to-teenage-life experience, and then there's zoning laws which make it impossible to get communal activity, like a small bar or club right between the houses, and then there's the lack of public transport ...