Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
I see, the premier housing sector that developers and builders are lining up for in order to develop and build new housing; got it. There are always trailer courts to service that demand.
Or maybe they stay right where they are at/stuck until they can afford what they want.
Whenever you buy or rent a home you have to compromise on many issues, including location, size, price, privacy etc. Again I don't know about all cities or all people, but here, even the suburbs have a mix of detached homes, rowhouses and apartment/condo towers. Of course there is a relatively higher component of single homes than downtown and they are more affordable.
I would wager that many people who buy a detached suburban home would have liked a detached home closer to the city but couldn't get the size or price they wanted. So they "chose' a suburban home after weighing all factors, and deciding it offered the best balance of price vs location, not because they really, really, really wanted to live 30 km from their jobs and have their kids ride the school bus.