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[quote=Anonymous]We are in the city without a yard, and sometimes I wish we could just open the door for our son to play.  But flip sides is that we are walkable to everything else so he is constantly burning energy that way. Like, most people with "yards" probably drive their kids to school. We walk 15 minutes both way - 30 minutes a day.  If we lived in the burbs, would my kid play in the yard for 30 minutes every day? Maybe but maybe not. There are tradeoffs.  Also, my son doesn't know any better (our friends are all without yards too) so he thinks it's awesome when he goes behind our house (just a small deck and parking spot) and plays in an inflatable pool or sprinkler or does chalk drawing.

In any event, I agree with others that if you are a single parent on a budget, I would far prefer to have zero yard to maintain.  Also, it sounds like you're debating between a townhouse with no yard versus one with a yard (or a small house with a small yard).  It doesn't sound like you're wavering between this and a house with an acre! In which case, a lot of the cons listed above (privacy, etc) aren't resolved by getting a house with a super small yard.

You'll be fine in the townhouse. There will be times where you'll wonder if you made the right decision, or regret it.  But guess what? if you bought a house with a yard and had to mow once or twice a week, you'd be ruing your decision every time you hauled that mower out.  You can't win![/quote]

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