I live in an apartment near suburbs in a midsize city. Living in a dinky apartment sucks, especially when my heffalump neighbors decide to have sex in the middle of the day and I'm wondering if the ceiling will cave in while I'm sitting underneath them, but the area itself isn't too bad.... yet.
Most suburbs around here are housing developments occupied by Boomers and new immigrants. Don't know where all the middle class whites with families went. Maybe they don't exist anymore, but besides that, here's what I hate about suburbs:
1. Not walkable. They're deliberately made to discourage outside people from driving through them, so most are mazes with one opening and exit. God help you if you try to cut through a Boomer's lawn to get to another part of town. They WILL shoot you where I live.
2. Not much customization: Some, I presume have HOAs that tell them what they can do with their lawn, so there's only so much they
can do. Rarely you'll find something interesting in their yards like original artworks or veggie gardens. I miss the days when people would put flowers in toilets and leave them in their front yards. Even a
Bathtub Mary would be nice...
3. The people there have a "what the fuck are YOU doing here" attitude as they see you walk past. I'm a middle aged whitey who'd probably lose a fight with a medium sized dog. I'm the person least likely to start shit and I certainly wouldn't start shit in the middle of the day when I'm usually out walking. Calm your tits.