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Are you trying to get in a "good school district" ? Is that really that strongly correlated to kids outcome in life . kids grow up and fight for a house in goo

Are you trying to get in a "good school district" ? Is that really that strongly correlated to kids outcome in life . kids grow up and fight for a house in good school district :). I feel like having kids is root of all evil. Ppl justify all sorts of things (like wars and bidding for houses) and say that they are doing those things for sake of their kids.

10u152 2y ago
>…having kids is the root of all evil. Quite a take there. Kids are also the source of all joy and happiness, depending on how you look at it.
- apwell23 2y ago
  Yea I agree. I have kids too :) But they are also the source of global warming, wars. On a personal level they a source of anxiety, continuous striving, jealousy and fear.
ossobuco 2y ago
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- apwell23 2y ago
  yes exactly!
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CalRobert 2y ago
No, but I want to live somewhere my kids have the freedom to bike and walk around town safely. Anyway, I just took a job helping get more houses off gas and on heat pumps, which is aligned with my goal to be part of addressing climate change, but it is hard to get a house near work (in Amsterdam in this case) when not optimising for pay.
- tycbjtsctjv 2y ago
  > No, but I want to live somewhere my kids have the freedom to bike and walk around town safely. Hmmmz, kids can do that practically anywhere in NL (and have good schools). Except maybe in parts of the big cities. Countryside is both cheaper, safer, and the air is healthier. But don't go too rural. Because then wolves will get your kids for breakfast.
  - CalRobert 2y ago
    The problem with too rural is the people, not the wolves. You’re right though, and it’s why we moved to NL. I was mostly thinking of back when I was in California to be honest. Though recently when I had to decide between a four or five day work week the biggest factor was “will I be able to outbid other people who want the same house” As far as schools, I’ve been underwhelmed. They have kids on tablets a lot, shove a tv in front of them for lunch, and have rapidly declining PISA scores.

10u152 2y ago

>…having kids is the root of all evil. Quite a take there. Kids are also the source of all joy and happiness, depending on how you look at it.

apwell23 2y ago
Yea I agree. I have kids too :) But they are also the source of global warming, wars. On a personal level they a source of anxiety, continuous striving, jealousy and fear.

ossobuco 2y ago

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apwell23 2y ago
yes exactly!
- ossobuco 2y ago
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CalRobert 2y ago

No, but I want to live somewhere my kids have the freedom to bike and walk around town safely. Anyway, I just took a job helping get more houses off gas and on heat pumps, which is aligned with my goal to be part of addressing climate change, but it is hard to get a house near work (in Amsterdam in this case) when not optimising for pay.

tycbjtsctjv 2y ago
> No, but I want to live somewhere my kids have the freedom to bike and walk around town safely. Hmmmz, kids can do that practically anywhere in NL (and have good schools). Except maybe in parts of the big cities. Countryside is both cheaper, safer, and the air is healthier. But don't go too rural. Because then wolves will get your kids for breakfast.
- CalRobert 2y ago
  The problem with too rural is the people, not the wolves. You’re right though, and it’s why we moved to NL. I was mostly thinking of back when I was in California to be honest. Though recently when I had to decide between a four or five day work week the biggest factor was “will I be able to outbid other people who want the same house” As far as schools, I’ve been underwhelmed. They have kids on tablets a lot, shove a tv in front of them for lunch, and have rapidly declining PISA scores.