> My friends all live in the same "suburbia" as me. 50 minute drive one way.

Please post the name of the suburb and city, I really want to look at it on google maps. I can't begin to imagine a housing development that takes 50 minutes to drive from one end to the other (assuming you both live at opposite edges).

> on the highway

Highway? Ok so you live in different towns probably, not the same suburb.