suburbs
In certain pockets of the country, homebuyers are choosing the city over the suburbs as home buyers re-evaluate urban areas. [This demographic shift](http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050821/NEWS01/508210399) is occuring as baby boomers get older and many urban areas have largely seen a cultural renaissance over the past 10 years.

urban

Growing suburbs are now experiencing the problems of their neighboring urban areas and homebuyers are now considering [moving farther out](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/15/national/15exurb.html?ei=5070&en=1adbbf93a08751bc&ex=1125028800&pagewanted=print) where land is cheaper but the commute is longer.

carinstruments

With oil prices rising, this makes for an interesting situation since [commuting costs will rise making the feasability of a long distance commute less likely to be sustained.](http://query.nytimes.com/search/article-printpage.html?res=9A05E7DE133EF934A2575BC0A9639C8B63)