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Originally Posted by 2ArmBands
Some areas are better than others. And there are many areas that I am not familiar with to boot. The point I'm trying to make I guess is that I firmly believe raising kids ( and growing up ) is better in the burbs
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That really depends on what your definition of "better" is.
We lived for many years in the inner city with two young kids and it was a great experience. We moved out of the inner city into a fringing community because I couldn't find a reasonable house in the inner city. Raising kids and growing up in the inner city is certainly a different experience but it is difficult to quantify which is better or worse. Inner city probably offers a lot more diversity to growing children. They experience more cultures and more socio-economic classes than suburban kids. They experience more festivals and street life than suburban kids. We always took our kids to pretty much any festival that was happening (lilac festival, Marda Gras, Latino, Sun and Salsa, etc.) whereas if we lived in the suburbs we probably won't spend the time to drive downtown/inner city for the events.