Differences...why I think we choose Suburbia over Cities?

After getting out of class on last Tuesday, something stuck with me. Why do people choose to live in Suburbia over the City life? I heard in class by another student that possibly one reason why people choose Suburbia is because they want to be left alone. I started to think is that why my family lives in the Suburbs?

I started to dissect my life living in the area I live in verses living in a city. If my family was to live in a city then there would probably not be as much yard space and that is something my mom wanted to have for my brothers and I growing up. My mom also wanted the added advantage of possibly not having her kids go to schools that might be over crowed because of the amened population in the area. Yes though my neighborhood is a lot quieter then the city is, it is rather enjoy able non the less. I don't have to hear loud car horns late at night or person's slamming on their brakes or yelling for that matter. I can say, "I'm going to bed and have the added advantage of falling asleep and very rarely do I get woken up late at night by some noise." That I enjoy and so do my brothers and mother.

I also started to look around and think was is the violence down as much as one would think in the Suburbs? I don't hear about that much violence. There are always the kid who jumped someone else at school or outside of school. There are always going to be muggings no matter where one goes. On a gran scheme of things, I won't say that the Suburbs are violence free. Possibly not as much violence as a bigger city would have at any given moment. Not because I think that my area I live in is better, but simply because a student in class said this best, "when there are more people in an area then one would expect the violence rate to be higher or at least more noticeable." I believe that to be true. I know my area has violence but I also know that because my area does not have that many people then the violence is not going to be that high.

For me in conclusion, I love living in Suburbia. I love the trees and the garden in my backyard. I love being able to take a cup of coffee onto my back deck and listen to the birds and see the sun go down or come up. I can talk to my neighbors which I do frequently. I do know all of my neighbors, next to me and behind me. I like being able to have a fire in the back yard and not have to worry about getting caught and having to put it out. I enjoy the laid back way of living and that is what I get to have by living in the Suburbs. If one enjoys the City then that is great. I am not trying to make my area sound better. I am just trying to figure out some kind of differences of City life and existence over Suburb live, that is all.