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> A city where you live in a flat and can play football with your neighbours in the park is much more child-friendly than a suburb where they live in a house wi
by bluefirebrand 4y ago
> A city where you live in a flat and can play football with your neighbours in the park is much more child-friendly than a suburb where they live in a house with a lawn that they use maybe twice a year.
Most suburbs have parks?
Hell my girlfriend grew up in a suburb that had a manmade lake that was close enough for her and her friends to walk to. Find that in the middle of a city. Your local pool doesn't even compete.
- MagnumOpus 4y agoManmade lakes in the middle of the city? Like the Serpentine in London's Hyde park... Or the bathing pond in Hampstead Heath, or the boating lake in Regents Park or Beckenham Place Park swimming lake for a less iconic one near me...)
- bluefirebrand 4y agoNo, not "in the middle of the city" In the middle of your neighborhood.
- lmm 4y ago> Most suburbs have parks? Plenty don't, or the kids can't get to them, or there just aren't enough families within walking/biking distance for the kids to socialise. > Hell my girlfriend grew up in a suburb that had a manmade lake that was close enough for her and her friends to walk to. Find that in the middle of a city. I live "in the middle of a city" and I'm next to one river which has sports fields alongside it, and in the other direction there's another river within walking distance (15 minutes) with a nice landscaped park. Admittedly no lakes, but the first river is about 400m wide and people do jetski etc. on it if that's what you want.