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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We lived in a condo with a young child in the Bethesda area. A neighbor actually pulled me aside outside and said something along the lines of, “Look around, people with children do not live here. This is not an appropriate place for children.”

I was floored, it was an incredibly rude and inappropriate comment, but it was also rather true.

Having someone live directly below us who complained about every jump or ball bounce was incredibly stressful. We all felt an enormous relief when we moved into a SFH and my child could run around without fear.

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DP. There are many families with children in our building. I've never had any issues whatsoever. How do people think families raise children in densly populated cities where detached homes are off limits or virtually non-existent?[/quote]

High density cities have much lower fertility rates, so clearly it’s not conducive to raising children. Especially if you want more than 1 or 2 kids. There is a very strong negative correlation between density and total fertility rates. [/quote]

All the papers I've seen so far look at differences in fertility and density between countries and not at the fertility between families as a function of their living situation. I also don't see how's that relevant given OPs question. [/quote]

There are studies within countries and the results are similar.[/quote]

COuld you provide me a link to these studies. I'm having a hard time finding them. Also, do these studies compare the fertility rates between people by living situation or they only compare cities/metropolitan areas? If it's the later, the problem might be the cost of living.[/quote]

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34914431/#:~:text=We%20find%20a%20robust%20association,based%2C%20and%20female%20empowerment%20variables.

Lower affordability (higher cost per Sq ft) is an unavoidable outcome of higher density. This is due to physics. The taller the building is the more concrete, steel, and structural reinforcement is needed to create a structure that will not collapse and kill the occupants in the building. Construction costs for 10 story towers are more expensive per sq. ft than shorter towers, and 20+ story buildings cost even more per sq. ft. Once a country becomes wealthy people have higher expectations and they are no longer willing to have kids unless they have what they consider sufficient living space for them. Many people will not have kids if they do not have a separate bedroom for each kid.[/quote]

I've seen this paper before and as I mentioned, this paper doesn't seem to compare couples living in condos/apartments to those living in bigger houses. High density is also the result of higher land prices which push housing prices up. People's reluctance to have children in high density areas might be the result of high cost of living, not apartment living. In any case, this whole conversation started because someone said people should not raise children in an apartment/condo. People not wanting to to this has absolutely no bearing in whether someone should provided that someone has a proper room for the child.[/quote]

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