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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Between buying a larger home in a completely car-dependent area, versus buying a smaller home with good public transportation (which teenagers can use), which one is seen as more desirable?

I grew up abroad, in a place where I easily had access to public transportation as a teenager. I cannot see myself moving to a place where my kids, when they grow up to be teenagers, need to be ferried around in cars...[/quote]

Definitely closer in, and well-designed (as opposed to simply having a lot of sq footage). If your children can walk or take public transit without transfers to your home, that would be ideal. The statistics on having two+ teens in a car are frightening (basically, having a teen driver is dangerous--when you add another teen to the car, the rates of fatal accidents double). As the PP before you noted, having some private space--like a useable basement which is private but within earshot--is more important for teens than simply having a lot of space with no privacy.[/quote]

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