Children and Cities
31st August 2013
Conspicuously absent from recent discussion is the role and attractiveness of central cities for families with children. In the past, research and observation both indicated that suburbs provided families with cheaper land and housing, as well as safer neighborhoods and higher quality schools.
If you don’t have — and aren’t going to have — more than one or two kids, there’s no reason to move to the suburbs. If it’s just you and your current squeeze, living in an apartment is not a problem, and you’ve got plenty of free time for clubbing, art galleries, the opera, art films, coffee houses, and trendy parties; nobody needs a sitter, and your biggest problem is finding your way home while tipsy.