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Urbanists strike me as being cult-like at this point. It's like absolutely everything is a pain in the arse in a city, and it's all because of some sort of cons
by throwaway22032 3y ago
Urbanists strike me as being cult-like at this point. It's like absolutely everything is a pain in the arse in a city, and it's all because of some sort of conspiracy by Big Car.
A more balanced viewpoint is that there are many advantages to living in a city, but cheap land and raising a family are not one of them. The suburbs of smaller towns have always been easier places to raise children. Rural areas, or smaller villages with schools, were better before the car was even invented.
- tpdly 3y ago[dead]
- jfil 3y agoA non-urbanist counterpoint: here in Canada, the federal government has been making big strides towards $10/day daycares. No anti-car. Just extra payments to daycares. We live in an urban area (middle of Toronto), succedsfully raising children, lots of childcares around, and daycare costs have gone down by 50%. No need to move to the suburbs. One interesting aspect of childcares in this area: they buy out an entire house. I believe that a major part of making a childcare work financially is to use it to cover a mortgage/invest in real estate. Without that, there is very little profit to be made.