I moved from city (Chicago) to suburbs 2 years ago, here was the breakdown:
1) safe - there's plenty of safety in the city if you can afford it. It's usually the tradeoff with space.
2) good schools - ditto
3) this was a downside of the suburbs - I'd much prefer a nearby park that I don't have to own, mow, etc. I ended up buying a new house with a very small (2800sf) lot, most of which is covered by our house
4) My kids are still small, but we've got the same variety of people here as in the city (basically traded white & black for white & hispanic)
The biggest issue that forced us to move was $/sqft. We could afford a one bedroom in a city neighborhood we were comfortable with but not a 2br. We moved and although my salary is much higher, we have another kid and we'd need a 3br soon.
Space, Commute, Safety, Schools. Pick 2 (or 3 if you're lucky). We traded Commute+Safe for Space+Safe (schools aren't spectacular where we moved but our kids aren't school age yet).
1) safe - there's plenty of safety in the city if you can afford it. It's usually the tradeoff with space.
2) good schools - ditto
3) this was a downside of the suburbs - I'd much prefer a nearby park that I don't have to own, mow, etc. I ended up buying a new house with a very small (2800sf) lot, most of which is covered by our house
4) My kids are still small, but we've got the same variety of people here as in the city (basically traded white & black for white & hispanic)
The biggest issue that forced us to move was $/sqft. We could afford a one bedroom in a city neighborhood we were comfortable with but not a 2br. We moved and although my salary is much higher, we have another kid and we'd need a 3br soon.
Space, Commute, Safety, Schools. Pick 2 (or 3 if you're lucky). We traded Commute+Safe for Space+Safe (schools aren't spectacular where we moved but our kids aren't school age yet).