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I used to agree with a lot of what you say. Then I had kids ;-) Actually, I still don't disagree entirely, but you did leave out one very important considerat
by jlc 18y ago
I used to agree with a lot of what you say. Then I had kids ;-)
Actually, I still don't disagree entirely, but you did leave out one very important consideration: schools. In many American urban centers the schools are poor, and housing in urban school districts that are good is prohibitively expensive.
So you start looking at suburbs, and the commute is a trade-off you make for the better schools.
Oh, and I wish we could order pizza here -- too far out in the sticks.
- philippp 18y agoI'm not planning to have kids in the near future, but sincerely hope that this trend shifts (as more people move out of the suburbs and into cities) when the time comes. I walked to school as a kid, and could walk/bike to my friends' houses until I was 12. Then we moved to the suburbs, and visiting friends had to be worked into my busy parents' schedule -- hence, life got less social.
- jimbokun 18y agoLive in Pittsburgh, two kids. They go to a Catholic school a couple blocks away that we're happy with. So, the choice becomes move to the suburbs, home school, or pay up for private schooling of some kind. Pittsburgh has become a "college town" in some ways. There are several good to very good universities here, and the Oakland neighborhood with Pitt and Carnegie Mellon, has become the economic center of the city in my opinion.