Which brings back (to me at least) the newness factor, and, as the article at the beginning of this thread notes, it's the out-there sprawl that is now affordable.

I now live just within the Philadelphia city limits, and minutes away are very nice older suburbs, which most middle/working class Philadelphians can't afford. So, if you want to move out of the city (and make it a "step up"), you now have to move a lot further out.