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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think OP is a loser at all. My family wouldn't have been happy with her choice, either.

I don't know how to advise you, though, OP. Whether you should, at this point, move/sell/buy/rent out all depends on your financial bottom lines. You may find it's harder to get tenants for your suburban place, and they won't be willing to pay as much as you may need to rent a little something in a place you like better.

But kids + apartments = perfectly good. Works for a lot of us. [b]The idea of families needing "SPACE, OMG!!" is very culturally defined, a[/b]nd OP should hear that plenty of us grew up in cities where urban apartment living is very normal.[/quote]

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I grew up in Europe with 2 siblings in a ~1000 sqft apartment which was considered very large. My parents were the most modest and down to earth people ever - they would despise hipsters if they cared to learn who those were. It is totally possible to raise children in small (by American standards) apartments and preferring to do so doesn't make one immature or a irresponsible parent (what??).[/quote]
It's not the lack of space that gives city parents - specifically, Washington, DC parents - the reputation for irresponsibility.  It's the atrocious quality of schools.  If DC schools were on par with neighboring suburban counties, no one would bat an eye on families with children living in apartments. It's hypocritical of you to pretend otherwise.  Did your quaint European city had good schools or what?[/quote]

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