Compare that to the suburbs I grew up in the suburbs. All my friends where within walking or biking distance, as was the local library. There was a small for

Compare that to the suburbs I grew up in the suburbs. All my friends where within walking or biking distance, as was the local library. There was a small forest less than 5 minutes walk from our house we could explore, as well a nice sledding hill. There was a small field at the end of the road that had a couple of soccer goals. The 'big city' was ~30 minutes away by bus. When I got a bit older they even opened a mall within 20 minute bike ride of where we lived. Basically whether a place is "good for kids" is entirely orthogonal to if its urban or suburban.