[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by pilsenarch

This is close to being the truth. Suburbs, by definition, exist because of their proximity to downtowns. There are all sorts of reasons for this, some including a desire to travel into downtown for work or pleasure, but some, and most importantly, are based on simple logistics. For example, the distance between any of these suburbs, downtown, and ORD and MDW.

^ You obviously know it all