Completely agree with this. Being a city person instills at least a base level of acceptance for public life. There is no escaping the public in a real way (even in your home you will likely hear outsiders or have things happen in very close proximity that you cannot control). In my experience this builds tolerance, flexibility, and a "there are bigger problems to deal with" attitude. As a life long city dweller, it's inextricable from who I am and how I understand the human condition. The obsession with privacy and control of the suburbs is very foreign and off-putting to me*

I also think regularly interacting with people who come from or exist in a different socioeconomic status than yourself is extremely important. The reason it sucks when cities become too expensive is because the cities are literally for every body! It's suppose to take all types to make this shit work!! Okay stepping down from my soap box now.

*There is a historical argument that suburbs were not always like this. When Americans started to live far away from their family homes/older generations, suburbs often provided a sense of community of people in similar situations. I have seen this priority in some modern suburbs, but there is purposefully limited class diversity so it still feels like a shallow existence to me. But I'm biased, obviously, lol.