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[quote=Anonymous]As yet another person who lives in a small city home after growing up in a big house in, in my case, a small town, a big reason I prefer our current home is that my kid almost never has to get in a car and that has enormous value to me. I had a friend and classmate die in a terrible car accident when I was a freshman in high school, an awful crash at an intersection in town that was known for them. I was scared of driving and didn't get my license until I had almost graduated high school, because of this. Cars are incredibly dangerous.

My kid knows how to ride the metro, can bike for miles at a time, has bus schedules memorized. I do still worry about her getting hit by a car when on her bike or on foot and we drill safety around these things as a result. But one reason I'd never trade our current home for the one I grew up in is that back then, I lived in the car -- car to school, car to activities, car to friends houses, etc. Almost everyone learned to drive as soon as they were allowed (I was a super outlier) and had a car in high school. I'm so glad my kid won't have to do that. I don't even know if we're going to teach her to drive -- it's a useful skill but I would also be fine with paying for drivers ed classes when she's in college and then helping her buy a car after if she doesn't wind up leaving somewhere she doesn't need one.[/quote]

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