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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have a 1st grader and no car????  Go nearby![/quote]

OP here. Haha. Yeah, next year we’ll have a 1st grader, a kindergartener and a toddler, and no car. We really love the car free lifestyle and actually find it easy and lovely, plus that money saved lets us spend more elsewhere (we’re in a nanny share rather than day care and have a pretty big mortgage).

One of my fears is that if we have a kid at Hearst or something, we’ll last maybe a year and have to buy a car. Even if we can make the commute work (it is manageable on the bus) their social circle would all of a sudden be WOTP - randomly going to other kids houses become a Thing. I just don’t know if I’m willing to upend our whole lifestyle, which we’re REALLY happy with, for the promise of a good middle school. [/quote]

Unless you're taking a hard stance on not letting your kids do sports or other activities, you're probably going to cave on the car in the next year or two anyway. [/quote]

The oldest already does sports (soccer and swimming) and is starting basketball in the spring. Middle child does swimming as well. There's LOTS walkable to us. I know that we'll prob cave due to extracurriculars at some point, but I'm hoping that's more than two years down the line - like if a kid makes travel or something. [/quote]

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