The vast majority want to live in cities. It is proven quantitatively through rents rising much faster in all the dense areas of the US while suburban rents and prices have lagged.

Sure "Lots of people don't want to live or work in a large city." is technically correct, but pretty much every other person wants to be able to walk to work, walk to resturants and never have to touch a car except for trips outside where they live. That lifestyle doesn't exist when you work in office parks.

The only argument for living in the burbs is price. People say "I want a yard"... if you had the money you would have it in the city.

Sure, some people make tradeoffs and would rather have the yard, but most people I know move to the burbs because of price and justify it with the yard. Most of the top talent lives in cities.

Are there exceptions? Of course.