Americans are rethinking where they want to live
My family and I decided to stay on the north side of Chicago, a very high cost of living location, despite no longer needing to head downtown every day for work.  Why not move outside of Chicago where our cost living would be substantially lower?<p><pre><code>  * We wanted to keep our kids in the same school, which is walking distance.
  * We like being walking distance to the grocery store, doctor&#x27;s offices, etc.
  * Our kids can walk to their friends&#x27; houses.
  * Proximity to the lake is important to us.
  * We&#x27;re close to family.
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Moving to the suburbs would find us losing much of that freedom that comes with living in a dense neighborhood. The size of a house and a yard is only one factor here for quality of life. I hope the trend that comes from remote work isn&#x27;t just people optimizing for the size of a house and low cost of living, especially if it comes at the expense of being able to be in a community with other people around.