Hold on a second there...
While living and raising a family in condo or apartment is far from ideal, the thought of living in the burbs and spending endless time commuting for everything seems a huge waste of time and money. And let's not speak of the enviromental strain burbs put on our land or the huge infrastructure costs involved in maintaining them.
Current oil prices with predictions that the longterm trend is upward (can anyone say"Peak Oil") means that it's going to cost astronomical figures for people to constantly drive around in the burbs to do everything they need to in the future.
At least living in a smaller condo as compared to a house within the city boundaries and hopefully central, allows for more opportunities to travel about easier, be more active, save on costs and maybe even know your neighbors better.
Personally, I tend to think that the suburban experiment was one of the greatest urban mistakes ever and cannot be sustained. A waste of resources on a scale unparalled that puts the car ahead of everything else in our society including family. Everything is centred around getting in your car and driving somewhere.
That and also spending and consuming till you can't afford it anymore. One need only to look around at the effects to see if things were worth it.
