Of course different strokes for different strokes! I would gather to ascertain that the couple's preferred stroke is the city, considering he's literally asking about a neighborhood in it, with not a mention of a single suburb?

If the guy says he wants to live in your rural town or that rural town- then maybe you can counsel him! But he specifically said he was looking to live in the city, and you said the suburbs are better and that the city sucks for a number of reasons.

PS. I didn't call the suburbs boring, nor did I say they were full of drugs. You aren't necessarily more brave or better than someone else because you have the experience of living in the city vs the burbs. You're coming across as having a chip on your shoulder, or that you are still sour about 2009.