Suburbs are not rural areas. Suburbs are sane living condition which every human being in the planet is entitled to.
Suburbs are also the source of majority of tax revenue.
Suburbs are also the source of majority of tax revenue.
Suburbs may be the majority (I have no idea if thats true), but that doesn’t make them self-sustaining. They only exist because cities paid for highways, water, and power infrastructure to make it all possible (and continue to fund their maintenance) - exponentially moreso the further west you go.