According to a recent Urban Land Institute Study referenced in a brief article in the Wall Street Journal on December 3, 2016, areas that surround downtowns account for more growth in the largest metropolitan areas of the United States. The statistics revealed by the recent Urban Land Institute report summarized in this stand to reason. Only a minority of households can afford housing that costs more in the cities. And what the median cost differences cited in this short piece do not reveal is that in the cities you pay much more to get much less.