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New York and San Francisco are both havens for the wealthy and childless. But is this a real problem? Different areas are good for different types of people. I
by loafa 10y ago
New York and San Francisco are both havens for the wealthy and childless.
But is this a real problem? Different areas are good for different types of people. If you want to have children, move to somewhere you can have a proper backyard, because leaving your kids indoors all day will send both you and them crazy.
- stephancoral 10y agoI grew up in NYC. I certainly didn't stay indoors all day. You know there's like five or six absolutely massive sprawling parks in the city right? Not to mention exploring your neighborhood on bike and by foot. Growing up in the city is amazing and I feel bad for my peers who tell me of their suburban youth with the backyard and pool but they had to walk 30 minutes just to go to a store or see a friend.
- nerfhammer 10y agoYea, ironically you actually spend much more time outside in NYC because everyone walks everywhere, and there's always a nice park within a couple blocks of wherever you are.
- Swizec 10y agoSame, grew up in a (small) city and it was amazing. We roamed and explored and had fun. My sister, 8 years younger, not so much. Everyone had clubs and extracuriculars and computers and homework and TV. No free time to roam and explore after school before parents come home.
- loafa 10y agoI know that things have changed since I was a kid in the 80s and suburban parents are no longer happy sending their kids outside to roam the streets unsupervised. But surely even back in the day, parents wouldn't have sent young children to hang out unsupervised in Central Park?
- stephancoral 10y agoThe first time I rode the subway without an adult I was 10 or so. I had my little brother with me and he was about 6. We went to Prospect Park pretty often. This was the early eighties.
- richardfontana 10y agoSimilar for me, I grew up in New York and was taking the subway by myself to school from age 11 on (also early '80s). I can't remember when I first went to say Central Park unsupervised by adults but am sure it was by age 13.