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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
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.
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I think it's a bit of a stretch to say inner city kids are more exposed to diversity. As a kid that was lucky to grow up in various parts of the world I can acknowledge the benefit to cultural immersion. Personally, I think having your children simply growing up with kids of other cultures fits the bill, which is certainly offered in both burbs and inner city.
With that being said... I do like chips and salsa.