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Originally Posted by IGTBAR
I would have to argue though, that yes, it might take he same amount of time, but driving through the city isn't really the same as spending all of your time on the highway.
It could just be my personal life situation, but even if I am cutting across Vancouver, growing up in the city you tend to have a favorite tailor, dry cleaner, grocer, family friends, etc. At least if you are commuting within Vancouver it's easy to stop by xyz to grab dessert on the way in to dinner with the parents if you've forgotten to at home, etc. Or to run a quick errand before meeting up with friends or on the way to work.
Things like that, but maybe I'm being too naive.
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Totally your preference. When we lived in kits even, we always had an end destination in sight and rarely made unplanned stops. Now with a couple little ones time is at an extra premium so every stop is planned days in advanced.
You did bring up a good point about your friends though. Something to consider if/when you and your circle have family, will access be an issue? Will they be in a close-ish proximity?
Fwiw I hated driving through city traffic. And I hate it even more now when we have to go 'into town' to run errands
For us part of the decision to move up to a detached house was this is planned as a longterm home, 10-20yrs maybe even more. We don't like the prospect and process of moving, house hunting, house selling, moving in, unpacking, rearranging, refurnishing. With a 12-1400sf townhouse, we would have likely wanted to move again in ~5-8yrs