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Urban areas are not nearly as damaging to kids as SUBurban areas. Urban areas provide the potential for lots of human interaction and culture. Rural areas pro

Urban areas are not nearly as damaging to kids as SUBurban areas. Urban areas provide the potential for lots of human interaction and culture. Rural areas provide nature and solitude. Suburban areas give you a three mile walk to a convenience store without sidewalks.

megamike 2y ago
Urban areas are not nearly as damaging to kids as SUBurban areas oh ya? Live in one of the top 5 crime cities in USA and also consider air pollution
- Zambyte 2y ago
  What do you think causes most of the pollution...?
- woodruffw 2y ago
  If you rank US cities by both violent crime and by hostility to the urban fabric (e.g. development of highways through dense neighborhoods, removal of reliable mass transit), a pattern emerges: the most dangerous cities in the US are also among the most car dependent. Detroit, Memphis, Birmingham, etc. This also closely tracks with residential air quality.
kazinator 2y ago
> provide the potential for lots of human interaction and culture Mainly for those with money.
IncreasePosts 2y ago
If that were the case, shouldn't we see drastically different outcomes for urban children versus suburban children?
- parpfish 2y ago
  There are so many social/economic confounders going into the urban/suburban divide that any study showing one effect would be refuted by another that used different controls and methodology
- bongodongobob 2y ago
  In my anecdotal experience, I definitely have. Grew up in a medium sized Midwest town. I don't know anyone who really made it big. Some people moved to bigger cities and whatnot, but I don't know anyone that really moved up the social ladder significantly. On the other side, every C level/director person I've worked with consulting for the bigger companies around here and elsewhere in the US are almost always from a major urban city. I can tell as soon as I meet them. They speak (I don't mean accent) and handle themselves very differently. There's a certain confidence that comes from having broader social experiences and the opportunities and networks that naturally arise from that. Do you know any multihome millionaires from nowheresville Mississippi? How about Chicago, New York, or LA? Again, my 2c, and I almost consider this obvious.

megamike 2y ago

Urban areas are not nearly as damaging to kids as SUBurban areas oh ya? Live in one of the top 5 crime cities in USA and also consider air pollution

Zambyte 2y ago
What do you think causes most of the pollution...?
woodruffw 2y ago
If you rank US cities by both violent crime and by hostility to the urban fabric (e.g. development of highways through dense neighborhoods, removal of reliable mass transit), a pattern emerges: the most dangerous cities in the US are also among the most car dependent. Detroit, Memphis, Birmingham, etc. This also closely tracks with residential air quality.

kazinator 2y ago

> provide the potential for lots of human interaction and culture Mainly for those with money.

IncreasePosts 2y ago

If that were the case, shouldn't we see drastically different outcomes for urban children versus suburban children?

parpfish 2y ago
There are so many social/economic confounders going into the urban/suburban divide that any study showing one effect would be refuted by another that used different controls and methodology
bongodongobob 2y ago
In my anecdotal experience, I definitely have. Grew up in a medium sized Midwest town. I don't know anyone who really made it big. Some people moved to bigger cities and whatnot, but I don't know anyone that really moved up the social ladder significantly. On the other side, every C level/director person I've worked with consulting for the bigger companies around here and elsewhere in the US are almost always from a major urban city. I can tell as soon as I meet them. They speak (I don't mean accent) and handle themselves very differently. There's a certain confidence that comes from having broader social experiences and the opportunities and networks that naturally arise from that. Do you know any multihome millionaires from nowheresville Mississippi? How about Chicago, New York, or LA? Again, my 2c, and I almost consider this obvious.