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No, most older millenials with kids that I know are moving to less expensive cities or the suburbs. I think it's mostly because in the US we have this idea that
by opportune 7y ago
No, most older millenials with kids that I know are moving to less expensive cities or the suburbs. I think it's mostly because in the US we have this idea that middle class+ kids need to be raised in detached SFH with front and back yards.
The thing about SF and NYC (and Seattle and Chicago) is that most of the nicer, semi-affordable areas with SFH are actually in suburbs: the peninsula, Long Island/Westchester/gold coast, Bel-Red, North shore. There are definitely cities where affordable, nice SFH areas are not in suburbs, but usually they are the smaller ones that don't have/need the same degree of density
- hoodwink 7y agoAgreed on less expensive cities.
- jacobolus 7y ago> I think it's mostly because in the US we have this idea that middle class+ kids need to be raised in detached SFH with front and back yards. The ones I know mostly moved back to near where their parents live, because childcare and housing in SF are expensive. If they could have e.g. taken their rent-control with them from a 1-bedroom to a 2-bedroom apartment, or had better family leave and subsidized daycare, I get the impression a good proportion would have stayed for at least several more years.