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My kids are upper elementary.  Here's something to consider since yours are still little...I think the suburb benefits are much greater as your kids get older.  The importance of good schools increases and all the opportunities for ECs.  And your kids will get busy with all their stuff that you won't have as much opportunity to take advantage of all the city stuff anyways.  Having space in your home also becomes much more important as kids get older.  Your kids will start to make friendships through school...maybe that will help you in that regard too.  You'll be done with car seats soon enough. Etc.  I loved having little ones in the city; now I'm glad we are where we are.
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Chicagoan (again) - I'm not sure what ECs they have in the suburbs that they don't have in the city. Like literally anything you can think of wanting your kid to do you could do in the city. For some things like club volleyball I know girls who are going to close suburbs so I guess there is that.

My DD has sleepovers in friends' homes who live in condos, a $2.5 million city home, two flats with renters living below, it's all over the map. They walk to the park to hang out and play at this age (older kids). You don't need a suburban home and yard to have kids come over and play. You need to be willing to host and creative with your space.

In our old condo building, our neighbors have lived there since their kids were babies. Kids are now a junior in high school and a seventh grader.

It's not for everyone and we were on the north shore over the weekend and love oohing and ahhing at the huge homes. But that's not the only way to raise a family so if you want something different, I say go for it![/quote]

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