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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We lived in a rowhouse with a little patch of green when my kids were little. We were within a block of a park with playground. Honestly, I thought it was the best of both worlds. I really liked the social aspect of going to the park, seeing other people, etc. And then we had a little yard to play in when we wanted to stay at home.

It was when my kids were old enough to play outside for long periods of time without supervision but not so old that I felt comfortable letting them walk to the park without me that I felt acutely the lack of a yard. So, not really until elementary school. When we finally moved we ended up buying a house about the same size as our rowhouse but with a big yard. (And a better school system, but that's another topic.) We still live a few blocks from a park and now my kids walk there themselves when they want to play soccer.[/quote]

Similar situation for us.  We had a rowhouse with a longish, very narrow yard and just moved out of it last year to a house with a bigger yard.  Kids are 5 and 7, and are now thrilled that they can play soccer, football, baseball etc without the ball always going over the fence!  I'm thrilled they have enough space to run around and burn some energy while I can still get stuff done around the house.

FWIW, we are "outdoorsy" people, love to eat outside, and send kids outside even in cold weather.  DH views yardwork and home maintenance as therapeutic, so a big yard was always part of the plan for us.  I can see if you are not really into having a yard, the work invovled could be frustrating.[/quote]

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