I generally agree, but recent planning movements have managed to produce suburban areas with centralized work/shop centers for the community giving lots of options for the suburban worker.
Something I've noticed working in a couple of city environments is that most of the variety of restaurants in the area I don't take advantage of anyway since their geared towards dinner patrons and/or are overpriced for the kind of quick lunch I want during the work day. So I usually end up boiling down an urban work area to a half dozen places to eat.
A suburb area I worked in before had twice that many with good lunch options within a 5 minute walk. A couple nearby office campuses require a short drive, but at least 2 dozen good lunch places to eat within a 5-10 minute drive.
In NY near the Flatiron, I have several thousand lunch options within a 5-10 minute walk/subway ride. Of course I tend to return to the ones I've had good experiences with, but unlike suburbs I get my fill of novelty in many ways other than just the food I select from some megastripmall.
Urban centers also offer a much richer after-work culture of independent films, theater, music, and general night life that can't be found in the suburbs.
I would definitely make some exceptions to my statement for NYC and other similarly dense cities. However, lower density cities, liked DC or Austin don't really offer anywhere near the variety.
Something I've noticed working in a couple of city environments is that most of the variety of restaurants in the area I don't take advantage of anyway since their geared towards dinner patrons and/or are overpriced for the kind of quick lunch I want during the work day. So I usually end up boiling down an urban work area to a half dozen places to eat.
A suburb area I worked in before had twice that many with good lunch options within a 5 minute walk. A couple nearby office campuses require a short drive, but at least 2 dozen good lunch places to eat within a 5-10 minute drive.