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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My house is probably the same square footage but it’s a tall skinny townhouse with no yard versus a single story house on a quarter acre. It’s impossible to compare but I think we did ok. Eventually I would love a yard but I'm happy with this is my 30s. [/quote]
I went from a townhouse to a SFH with a small yard last year (a pandemic purchase so we would have outdoors space for our kids). I have to say, so far with toddlers, the yard is overrated. It's just something to mow and weed. Still, I love the house and deck and patio, so I'm happy overall, but I could do without so much yard.[/quote]

For us: A nearby park >>> big lawn. We got a row house with a big deck and patio near a park. We did a yard once, never again.[/quote]

You are making me feel better! We have a patio in a row house near a park and i am always feeling guilty my kids can't go outside and play whenever they want without adult supervision. You know, the "play outside while my makes dinner" thing. They're old enough to not kill themselves in a fenced yard, but not old enough to go to the park alone. [/quote]

I think that attitude is outdated anywhere— even in suburban neighborhoods. I’ve lived in both dc and a close-in DC suburb and only see kids who are alone who are older teenagers in both. Very few 10 years running wild (as I did!)[/quote]

My neigborhood is a double cul de sac in McLean, and kids age between 3-13 run pretty wild here... they play in the cul de sac, and in each others' front yards, back lawns, driveways, our common area of a pond and some trails... sometimes when a group of loud boys playing man hunt and crossing our backyard, I kind of wish they can be a bit more disciplined. But, kids are kids. It's a priviledge to live in a place where I can basically sit at home whole day while my kids play with friends in the neigbhorhood without my supervision. [/quote]

Yeah same. Im in the further out suburbs in Reston, but the yards are never used. The common areas, however, like common areas, trails, cul de sacs, etc are always having kids in and out.  It’s rather nice. [/quote]

Same in our neighborhood in Gaithersburg. We have a playground right behind our house and there are always kids out there. It’s great. [/quote]

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