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I lived in the downtown of a major metro for close to two decades. Many of my neighbors vowed to raise urban street smart kids but when the children actually ca
by Mountain_Skies 7y ago
I lived in the downtown of a major metro for close to two decades. Many of my neighbors vowed to raise urban street smart kids but when the children actually came plans changed. They'd quickly discover their current condo wasn't large enough, so they'd upgrade to something larger. Then transition to a townhouse and eventually a detached single family home, though often inside the city limits. Once they hit school age, things split between those who could afford private school and those who made convoluted excuses as to why the nearby inner city school wasn't appropriate for their child and then move somewhere else. Most often to the suburbs but sometimes to wealthier part of town. I moved away before any of the children became teenagers but it would be interesting to check in and see how things evolve once that happens.
- that_jojo 7y ago> a detached single family home, though often inside the city limits Wow, to even have that as a viable upgrade path. I don't even live on the coast and in my metro, with the local range for a middling middle-class income, having a detached house within the city limits is an absolute pipe dream.
- tomatotomato37 7y agoIt is weird how a house in Minneapolis has ended up costing more than a comparable house in the Jacksonville, despite the latter having twice the population, being in the tropics, and located on the coast.
- alexhutcheson 7y agoJacksonville is a weird case, because the city limits include a freakishly large area compared to almost every other large city in the US: Jacksonville's city limits span ~875 square miles, vs. ~58 square miles for Minneapolis (and another 56 square miles of St. Paul). Jacksonville essentially includes a huge chunk of its suburbs within the city limits. If you drew an 875 square mile region around the MSP area, you'd find houses that were comparable in cost to the ones you're referencing in Jacksonville.
- nsxwolf 7y agoIn Chicago you don't need convoluted excuses to not send your kids to the inner city schools. They are often objectively terrible and violent places.