Apartment in big city or large property an hour away from the city in the suburbs?

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Which would you chose?

I've personally always wanted a lot of land in a secluded area.

[2LeTTeRS]

Make it 30 mins away and I take the house with property all day. An hour away is a bit far though.

[navy]

Depends on the price and my job.

[Levity]

not a big city fan, myself. unless you consider places in orange county as big city. to me, that means places like LA/Hollywood. and i for one, would never want to live there, or even close to there.

[JohnnySic]

Nice condo in big city >

[knickballer]

Depends. If you are young and working in the city I'd probably choose the option of having an apartment in the city instead. Funner and more convenient. However, I would look into an apartment I can buy so I can get some type of return on my investment instead of just paying rent and having that money being wasted.

But If I have kids than suburbs.

Just don't rent would be my advice.

[cuad]

You can tell who's gonna be poor for the rest of their lives in this thread.

[Jailblazers7]

I have an apartment in the city now. Pittsburgh isn't a "big" city like NY/LA/CHI but it is still a fairly major metro area. Definitely wouldn't want to live in the burbs until I'm in my 30s probably. I plan on renting for a good while longer. I value the flexibility of moving to a different part of the city or even relocating for a job opportunity over any desire to view my residence as an investment.

[BlkMambaGOAT]

Depends on income, rent of said apartment, price of said property.

[casual_fan]

I have an apartment in the city now. Pittsburgh isn't a "big" city like NY/LA/CHI but it is still a fairly major metro area. Definitely wouldn't want to live in the burbs until I'm in my 30s probably. I plan on renting for a good while longer. I value the flexibility of moving to a different part of the city or even relocating for a job opportunity over any desire to view my residence as an investment.

This. When you get older you don

[BlkMambaGOAT]

[QUOTE=casual_fan]This. When you get older you don

[BasedTom]

I've had enough of soulless suburbia for this lifetime

But if it was an actual mansion or nice home (NOT a copypasted mcmansion in a gated community for example) with lots of nature nearby...it would be a much harder decision.

[Swaggin916]

Depends. If you are young and working in the city I'd probably choose the option of having an apartment in the city instead. Funner and more convenient. However, I would look into an apartment I can buy so I can get some type of return on my investment instead of just paying rent and having that money being wasted.

But If I have kids than suburbs.

Just don't rent would be my advice.

Yea for me it's just do I have kids. I would definitely rather live in a quieter area without having to deal with riffraff in cities... but 2 hours of driving a day is too much. I actually probably drive that a lot of the times now because of how far I live from work and it's hard my back and shit... would much rather live closer. If I have a family though I'm getting the hell out of the city.

[Jailblazers7]

I definitely want to have a house with a park in my back yard whenever I had kids. I grew up with a park in my back yard and it was the best thing about my childhood.

[DukeDelonte13]

privacy + low cost of living all day every day.

F*ck apartment living. I hate it.