--- title: Do Millennials Really Want to Live in Cities? description: MONEY's Millennials discuss whether urban living is really what they want for the rest of their lives. authors: - name: Jackie Zimmermann url: https://money.com/author/jackie-zimmermann/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 22 covers: - Housing - Career Advice - Economy and Politics - Education - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Personal Finance - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/jackie_zm former_staff: true - name: Jacob Davidson url: https://money.com/author/jacob-davidson/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 106 covers: - Housing - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/JakeD former_staff: true - name: Jason Sanchez url: https://money.com/author/jason-sanchez/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 10 covers: - Housing - Career Advice - Investing - Lifestyle social: - https://x.com/JasonSanchez82 former_staff: true published: '2015-06-12T17:24:23.000Z' modified: '2015-06-12T17:24:23.000Z' section: Housing tags: - cities - City - millennial money minute - Millennials - millennials in cities - Suburban - Suburbs - urban - urban versus rural - Urbanization - video word_count: 104 canonical: https://money.com/millennials-prefer-cities-urban-suburban/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Screen Shot 2015-06-12 at 11.28.10 AM](https://img.money.com/2015/06/screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-11-28-10-am.png) Not necessarily. Census data shows more young people are leaving cities than are moving into them. Millennial homeownership is up from 28% to 32%, but millennials recognize it's an expensive but life-enriching experience to live in a city. We agree it's great to live in a city before you have a spouse and children, when you can really take advantage of a city's culture, but those things — like a strong nightlife and good bodega — lose importance when you start having kids. 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