Life in an urban center, with daily experiences of subways, crowded sidewalks and dense living, provides countless opportunities for social contact and connection  Exurban life, by contrast, exists in the openness of freeways and one-acre lots, exhibiting little that would suggest social commonality
Yet studies show that people who live in exurbia consistently rate their feeling of connectedness to their community as strong whereas urban dwellers more frequently express feelings of isolation
Exurban school districts often spend more per capita on their students than do those in urban areas.