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(Houston, TX David Pittman, KUHF) The idea of having a house in the suburbs is rapidly losing its luster among folks in Houston. This years Houston Area Survey finds a significant increase in the number of people who are sick and tired of burning up their precious money and time on the road.
Thirteen years ago, the Houston Area Survey started asking people who lived in urban areas if theyd prefer to live in the suburbs. It also asked people in the suburbs if theyd like to move into the city one day. Survey founder Stephen Klineberg, a Rice University sociology professor, says the survey has revealed a clear shift in opinion.
In 1999, twice as many people in the city said I want to move to the suburbs, than people in the suburbs saying I want to move to the city. Those lines have crossed now. And in this years survey, significantly more people in the suburbs said I would be interested in, someday, moving to the city, than people in the city saying, I want to move to the suburbs.
The most obvious reason is the rise in gasoline prices. But Klineberg says shifting demographics are also at play. ..............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://transportationnation.org/2012/04/23/fewer-houstonians-striving-to-own-that-house-in-the-suburbs/
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)in Houston. The travel was unbearable. But "wanting" to live in the city and being "able" to live in the city are two different things.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)provis99
(13,062 posts)sprawled out suburban wasteland. It makes Los Angeles suburb towns look interesting.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)and the residents, to push for telecommuting. The majority of office/cubicle jobs can be done from home. We could set an example for the rest of the country (if not the world) by getting more people off the roads and online to work. No more "decompress" time after the hour-long drive into work.
I've been lucky in that most of my jobs were no more than a half-hour drive, against traffic, over the last decade or so. And I'm one of those that moved away from the sterile expanses of houses in the 'burbs' for the non-zoned character that is Houston