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It depends. I like suburbs that have their own identity. Generally that means they've been around for a long time and have good local businesses and a lot of good neighborhoods.
What I hate is those suburbs that consist of nothing but gated communities that keep popping up (most notably in the sun belt) which have no culture whatsoever.
Overall, I'd say city proper, but I'm fine with a suburb that isn't just a gated hellhole.
Certainly not all metros are that vastly different from their city proper. It doesn't jive, how most posters want nothing to do with suburbia, but then rave about small cities with large, sprawling metros - such as those mentioned by West336.
Some of these metros have suburbs that continue with the same or similar character of the adjacent city/urban center neighborhood though, including in terms of density. Once you leave these suburbs, it does become sprawlville, for the most part.
I would prefer outer urban or a more dense first ring suburb with an urban like character, similar to many villages here in NY.
For living, I think I would prefer a larger town (80,000-150,000 or so) that has been that size long enough to have a real downtown area, public transportation, and is mostly walkable or at least bikeable. Larger cities are awesome to visit, but I think it would take a lot of adjustment for me to actually live in one. Although I'd rather live in a large city than a small town. I wouldn't mind any suburb as long as it was reasonably dense, walkable/bikeable, and had public transit to the city. If I can get to all the businesses I need to live comfortably without having to own a car, then I don't care if it's called a major city, a suburb, large town, etc.
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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Inner ring suburbs.. that's the term I'm looking for for the areas I mentioned - Fort Wright KY/ Cincinnati, Audubon/ Louisville, and Southland/ Lexington. They are the first single family home "family" neighborhoods outside the urban core
How about Satilite cities all the postives of both but less draw backs.
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