if you had to chose city or suburb to raiser your kids?

Question

What would you pick and why?

Answer 1

City, Chicago to be specific. My husband and I have chosen to stay in the city. We like the diversity. We love our neighbors. we live on a cul-du-sac street and my kids play outside everyday with my neighbors kids. we were able to get them into one of the top schools here (this is the one drawback for most families here..most schools do stink). Everything is close by, stores, tons of restaurants, museums. if my car breaks down not problem with public transportation. If I want to take the kids downtown for a day of fun I just catch a train. There's tons of different architecture here to enjoy (not homogenous like the burbs). My kids are involved in many sports, we go to the library on a regular basis. we love it!

Answer 2

I am not knocking the city--but I do think that the suburbs or a small town is the best. There is more freedom and places to play and do kid stuff. It is kid stuff that I think is the most important part of childhood and it is missing too often these days (and in the suburbs as well--we have all the organzied activities). Where kids can run, play, meet, fight with:) friends--that is the best.

Answer 3

Suburb. Several reasons:
1) You're more likely to find other young families in a suburb, and that makes it easier to schedule play dates.
2) You're less likely to live on a busy street (delivery trucks, emergency vehicles and other high profile trucks have limited front-end visibility if a child darts out in front of them).
3) Noise: it tends not to be so loud in suburbs.
4) Cost: a single-family house in the city tends to be more expensive than one of the same size in the 'burbs.

There are more reasons, but those are the biggies for me.

Answer 4

If I had to choose I would pick Suburb to raise my kids in. I think they have a little more freedom when it comes to playing outside. Not only that I was raised in a Suburb and My mom and dad knew just about every one who traveled our road and in our very small town. I think I turned out ok from a Suburb.

Answer 5

Suburbs!!!!!!!
I hate cities.... I live in a city right now, and I hate it. To many people, not enough trees..... My yard is a cement plot. There is no place for my kids to run and get dirty with mud!
I grew up in the suburbs and I miss it so much!
I think the schools are better, the people living there are more relaxed and not in such a hurry, people are nicer too.

Answer 6

I'm in a suburb right now, but Ideally I would love to raise my kids in a small town. There would be fewer people, less kids in school, & everyone would try to get to know everyone else. Also, in a small town, everyone there would know that I was deaf, and I wouldn't have to tell everyone for the first time everyday, feeling like I was like a broken record (repeating this fact over and over and over again)!

Answer 7

I would have to agree with everyone on here. I've lived in a small town for approximately 6 months when I was in high school, LOVED IT!!! You would think there's nothing to do but there was something going on every weekend whether its a one screen movie theater, HS football, the town's fairs or festivals, and or just going to a neighbors. The majority of the town knows each other. It's just a more trust worthy environment overall. Hopefully I can convince my husband to move the family to a small town one day.

Answer 8

only THE CITY! I lived in the suburbs for a while and nearly went mad, so never again. Small towns - God forbid! Everybody knows your business, everybody judges you, how you dress, how you act. I was raised in the monster-size cities, both in US and abroad, and wouldn't have it any other way. I don't want my kids to be sheltered either. I want them to be used to and get to know people of other skin color, religion, nationality, etc.

Answer 9

Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Washington (This is one valley, separated by a small drawbridge). It is called the Lewis and Clark Valley. It is small, but they have everything there that you need (a mall, Walmart, good restaurants and all the fast-food places, their own airport, plenty of housing, fishing, swimming, boating, camping, Albertson's and Costco supermarkets, Boys and Girls Club, etc.). It is easy to reach other points in Idaho, Washington and Oregon from this location. The weather is pretty mild--people do golf there in the winter.

Answer 10

Neither, I would go with a small town. (and am raising my child in a small town, less than 5000 people.) You know almost everyone and a real community is built. If you don't have family in town, the town becomes your family. Also small towns typically have smaller schools, problems in smaller schools are on a smaller scale and teachers and administrators know the students and can help all the students (if the student/family wants help).