Depends where you live! I’m in Pittsburgh and there is still a culture here of bailing to the well heeled suburbs (cough cough Fox Chapel) when having kids. You couldn’t pay me to leave the city core, but the Midwest still clings to that suburban status symbol life more than the rest of the nation.
> but the Midwest still clings to that suburban status symbol life more than the rest of the nation.
I can't speak for all of the Midwest, but to add an anecdatum: I live in a suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul. As (relatively) nice as those downtowns both are they are both still far noisier, dirtier, and more expensive to live in than the suburb I'm in; further, I look out at wildlife daily at my backyard that extends 1.5 acres, which I find quite pleasant. "Status symbol" has nothing to do with it.
Depends where you live! I’m in Pittsburgh and there is still a culture here of bailing to the well heeled suburbs (cough cough Fox Chapel) when having kids. You couldn’t pay me to leave the city core, but the Midwest still clings to that suburban status symbol life more than the rest of the nation.