TrickyRicky
Senior Member
That article made me laugh really because it is so navel gazing. People with children have and always will move to the suburbs! To me the article almost comes off as arogant. It's like the author is trying to rationalize his decision and suggesting it's a trend because he is at that point in his lifecycle. It's OK, moving to the suburbs is normal it doesn't make you a bad person. If you look at real estate price movements the exact opposite "trend" is occuring. Real estate price appreciation for family residences in exurban areas has lagged the region as a whole, and prices climbed the most in the most central areas. The remarkable thing is not that 35-45 year olds are moving to the suburbs. The remarkable thing is that now some 35-45 year olds are not! If you capped prices in the Annex at $300,000 there would probably be a waiting list of 10,000 families wanting to move there per house.
My suggestion however is that if you follow along on the lifecycle line once the kids move out the "space" and "quite" of the lifestyle breaks two ways. For some people that is where they want to spend their life in peace, a personal paradise. For others the space and silence becomes a prison.
My suggestion however is that if you follow along on the lifecycle line once the kids move out the "space" and "quite" of the lifestyle breaks two ways. For some people that is where they want to spend their life in peace, a personal paradise. For others the space and silence becomes a prison.