Moved to the burbs and I hate it

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Anonymous wrote:You would hate it worse raising a growing child in a 800 sq ft home. I had one child in a 1300 sq ft home and nearly went nuts with the lack of space. Do you really want to raise your child in a closet?

this. Soon enough, your child will be able to run around the yard freely. It is nice to be able to say "go outside and play". Sounds like you moved to an empty nester neighborhood. We made that same mistake. Boring as hell. We rarely even saw our neighbors. Everyone just pulled into their garage and never came outside. We ended up moving to a cul-de-sac, and it has been much better. But I'm tired of the suburbs now. I wish there was somewhere with an urban feel, but also affordable, good schools, low crime.

This what? PP seems to have some organizational challenges not to be able to live with ONE kid in a 1300 sq feet home. Much nicer than "go out and play" (alone or with just one sibling) is "let's walk to the neighbor's house so you can have a fun play date. Will be back in an hour." Which you can do easily when you live in the city in townhouses and near playgrounds.

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It is crazy to gamble a house on the assumption that the child will be interested in going outside to play. She might or might not, or most likely, will be for just a short time.

uh

It's crazy to assume that kids should get some outdoor play?

Cheers to your fatty kid, PP!

I really don't see what outdoor play has to do with having a yard. I am one of the European posters and nobody I knew growing up had a yard. we all lived in apartments. Needless to say, obesity levels were many times below USA. Even today, one needs to make an effort to find a fat kid in my old neighborhood. My own kid is tall and slim.

Ma che stupida che sei tu!

You do realize that in Europe walking from one's home to the center of the city is a very short trip? You also must realize that in most towns, people know each other? So there's no fear of "setting your kid free." and that European cities are MUCH smaller than ours, no?

I could walk to the piazza in 15 minutes, and I had at least 5 friend with me.

I guess Europe is losing is intellectualism, too, eh?

Huh? You must have visited only some small towns. Major European cities are much larger than American cities. They are mich more dense so more people can, in principle, walk to the city center, however, 15 minutes is nowhere enough to get from one part of the city center to another, let alone get there from anywhere else. The only American city that compares to my hometown in terms of space/density is New York.

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OP, I moved to the suburbs last year and after the culture shock, I am actually loving it.

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Considering this move. PP, what do you love now that shocked you at first?