I don’t have kids, but my niece and nephew visited a while back and loved it. It’s definitely urban. There’s often playgrounds and kids’ swimming pools in condo

I don’t have kids, but my niece and nephew visited a while back and loved it. It’s definitely urban. There’s often playgrounds and kids’ swimming pools in condos, parks are mostly urban with playgrounds, there’s loads of places for them to ride bikes safely, skate, etc. If anything, people complain about it being a little too sanitised. Unless you are loaded, you’ll be living in a small apartment rather than a house with a garden, but the condo facilities and parks make up for it. It’s Singapore, so it’ small and you won’t get vast forests, but there’s enough nature spots to keep kids happy. You can always go cycling around Pulau Ubin at the weekend to soak up the jungle atmosphere or hike along the Southern Ridges or up Bukit Timah, and I often see smaller kids wandering around the mangrove boardwalks with their parents trying to spot lizards and otters. It is expensive if you have kids though. You’ll pay a lot in school fees, and if public transport isn’t enough for you, cars are very expensive as well. Having said that, the schools and public transport are both top notch.