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I lived in NYC for about five years. I noticed that urban living is prized by people in their 20s, but seems to quickly fall out of fashion later in life. Par
by nostromo 9y ago
I lived in NYC for about five years. I noticed that urban living is prized by people in their 20s, but seems to quickly fall out of fashion later in life. Particularly when it comes to child-bearing age, large cities like New York are fairly impractical for the non-rich. My friends in their 30s and 40s that hadn't left for the suburbs would regularly talk about how they wanted to leave the city.
- electricslpnsld 9y ago> Particularly when it comes to child-bearing age, large cities like New York are fairly impractical Parts of New York City are incredibly child friendly. Park Slope, and huge swaths of Brooklyn and Queens, are chock full of families.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 9y agoNYC is a big city in terms of land area. Given the distance from Manhattan and core of the city, Brooklyn and Queens would be considered suburbs in a lot of other cities.
- electricslpnsld 9y agoI don't think I've ever heard someone refer to Park Slope, Bed Stuy, or Crown Heights as suburban. Levittown is the usual yard-stick by which American suburbanism is measured.
- cimmanom 9y agoMaybe based on distance as the crow flies. But not based on density, and (when the subways aren't as broken as they are at the moment) not based on commute times.