i lived in the suburbs for 12 years, and i miss it. We had a nice sized yard, quiet neighborhood, good school district, and we lived close enough to the city that we only had to drive about 15 minutes, give or take, to get to the store. And we had a 7-11 right in our neighborhood, though they got rid of their gas pumps about a year or two before we moved away which was a major inconvenience.

Some of my fondest childhood memories include riding my bike to that 7-11 for slurpies, big league bubblegum, and pokemon cards, and the festivals we had during this time of year I would love to live in the suburbs again, however, i am currently stuck in the city and while it is nice that we have so many restaurants so close to home and we have nice neighbors, i am not a fan of the houses being so close together, the fact that not every house has a driveway (it makes the streets hard to get through during busy traffic times because there's a lot of parking in the street and the streets aren't as wide as they should be), and people drive like idiots in this city. Where I lived before, it was rare for someone to cut you off or speed up and make it nearly impossible for you to merge into traffic on the express way. Out here....every day i swear we barely dodge getting into accidents, and it's not my husband that's a bad driver.

I loved being able to go in our yard on days like today and just sit and enjoy the breeze and sunshine and it would be so peaceful with the birds chirping and dogs barking in the distance. I just don't have that same peacefulness anymore