Belgand's Profile

Think about it this way: people are always moving into the city after college because they want to live here do those same kids flock back to the suburbs because they really want to live there? How many kids hate growing up in the suburbs? Yeah, I can understand why parents might think it's best and communities that are largely composed of other parents looking to raise their kids does often promote good schools (though it has the side effect of promoting NIMBYs, shrill concern over anything that might be bad for children, and homes associations), but it's rarely what the kids really want.

I wish I had grown up in the city rather than some bland, boring, cookie-cutter suburb in the Midwest where it was absolutely impossible to go anywhere without driving (hey, I complain about Muni constantly, but at least it does theoretically show up).

At the same time I'm child-free and the less kids in my neighborhood the better.