Wentzville, MO

[DinsdalePirahna]

Originally Posted by BoomBoxing

Or it reflects a desire to not spend 40 hours a week in your car, wasting money on gas/car costs, polluting the environment, and losing valuable time spent with family and friends? Tell me which attitude you think is more progressive?

How do you get 40 hours driving time in a 30 mile commute?

(BTW, My commute is a few steps into my studio. I don't need to go into the city as much as I used too-maybe twice a month now and spend more time in NY and California than I do in Saint Louis City).

I can spend a few hours on the lake or doing a bit of cycling before I start my day, and since I essentially run on west coast time, my business day doesn't start until 10 am.

There is nothing wrong with Wentzville if you want a nice, safe family oriented suburban community.

[BoomBoxing]

It was an exaggeration obviously, and the point was that people want to live close to where they work for a myriad of reasons. Your comment about not wanting to drive 30+ miles to work being somehow insular, was pretty ridiculous to me, since I would think wanting to live close to work is a progressive (and smart) trait. Moreover, for someone who spends so little time in St. Louis city I am always amazed at how much you know about it.

And finally, I never said anything about Wentzville, this thread is over a year old after all, but I don't particularly care for it. I did some work in the school district out there and found it to be a very religious, conservative, and rural-meets suburbia type of community. Then again some people like those things, but I was put off by it.