[peter12]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

I guess this is preference. Given a choice, I would much rather live in the suburbs over living anywhere urban. Here in Canada, we definitely have this choice. I'll take the convenience of driving over living in a highly dense area. Sure, there's trade offs in dealing with rush hour traffic, and financial costs of owning a car, but I'd still rather do that and live in the suburbs in my own dwelling over living in a highly dense condo complex downtown with no car.

Even simple things like driving out to the mountains, buying groceries, or going for a round of golf / playing rec hockey, sound like a pain in the butt to arrange without having a car at my disposal.

Then you should pay through the nose for that privilege.