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[quote=Anonymous]We moved from NYC to a smaller city on the west coast. I often wish it was more like NYC. Here we have the worst of both worlds- small yards that aren’t really playable, an area that’s urban enough to be walkable (and with transients, crime, and traffic to go with it) but without enough walkable shops, restaurants and street life to make the urban setting worth it. And although my DD’s school has a playing field and outdoor spaces, she’s instead chosen an indoor sport that’s 40 minutes away.

I’m not saying this to minimize your worries about the tradeoffs but to say that every place has tradeoffs and choices that make it hard to anticipate the kind of childhood your kids will have. I grew up with a “normal” suburban childhood and while it had its benefits, it was also a place where it was easy to feel trapped if you didn’t have just the right interests, appearance and type of family. I sometimes long for my DD to have the resources I had but realize she couldn’t have some of those things without putting up with some pretty oppressive social norms and hierarchies.[/quote]

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