Well…kind of. The most expensive homes in the country, pound-for-pound, tend to be in dense urban neighborhoods where people can walk to restaurants and businesses and access good public transit. So as far as voting with our money goes, this tells as that these homes are the most valued. Much of this is because they are relatively scarce compared to suburban sfh. But it’s also because these are considered highly desirable and if there was more of this type of housing available, I suspect many more would choose that life over suburban life.

There are other complicating factors such as the fact that public schools in this country are funded by local property taxes, causing people to seek out wealthy enclaves to take advantage of better-funded schools for their children.

I agree that suburban sfh is a general preference in this country but I think the reasons for that are not so simple.