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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are three-bedroom apartments that are more difficult to  rent.  They are great for families, lots of fun. [b]We had a house in the suburbs, the kids rarely played in the yard.  I don’t get why people think raising kids in an apartment is such a tragedy.[/b][/quote]

Our kids would play in the backyard all day everyday if they could. They want to go out there when it's 10 degrees. They want to go out there when it's 110 degrees. No one gets more use out of backyards than children. [/quote]

You have some unique kids for this millennium. We never used our yard when we were kids. I bought a house with a big yard and the kids never wanted to go out there and play. They jump on a trampoline, there's a soccer field a 2 minute walk away, and they ride their bikes in the street. I filled in my current townhome backyard with rocks so I don't have to deal with it. Count me among the people that view a yard as just one more thing to maintain. Glad your kids enjoy the yard, though.[/quote]

I don’t think so. All their friends love playing outside too. I think the issue here is that you are lying about having kids.[/quote]

The annoying part is people (this Mayor) making decisions for others. Ie, all single family houses are selfish and bad. Couple more steps to reeducation camps.[/quote]

Replacing single-family homes with apartments and condos is basically telling people with children to GTFO. [/quote]

See here:

https://www.governing.com/topics/urban/gov-seattle-kids-gentrification-series.html

"In Seattle, even before you get to the paramount parental question of schools, the question of housing looms large for families. There’s just not enough of it to go around. There’s lots of new construction, but it’s coming at the expense of single-family homes, which until recently were a Seattle staple. It might be great for a certain stage of life, but most people don’t want to raise their kids in microapartments -- sometimes called “apodments” in Seattle -- above cocktail bars or e-cig lounges. “It keeps dollars per square foot up, so it makes perfect financial sense,” says Tyler McKenzie, president of the Seattle King County Association of Realtors, “but it’s going to drive families away.”[/quote]

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