I'm in West Chester, Ohio. It's very much the suberbs. No drug dealers or bums (that we can see)or bears here, but I do spend my time fighting for a good parking spot at the local grocery store, or dodging the stupid little rich kids (just like the ones I went to high school with) that aren't quite sure how to drive well in the brand new BMW that mommy and daddy bought them because they got their TEMPS!!
Sorry....anyways, this area used to be just a bunch of cornfields and cows, with a school or two stuck in there amongst the houses. Now, we've got a PF Chang's, a movie theater, Applebee's, shopping plazas, and TONS of other "cool" stuff, all within a 5 to 10 minute drive through the area. It's gotten really nice, and the school district has become known for being a little "ritzier" than it used to be. It's all-in-all a nice place to live in. Heck, I've spent 24 years here in the same area, no joke. Maybe I'm just used to it by now.