• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    Sometimes I see people saying raising a family in a city sucks and oof, man, my experience growing up in the suburbs was a nightmare. Can’t go anywhere. Nothing to do. Can’t even see friends unless I can convince my parents to drive me.

    People I knew growing up in the city had freedom. I was always so jealous.

    Maybe it’s different if your nearest city is some car hell hole instead of New York.

    Apologies for the tangent

    • Iteria@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      There’s a middle ground. I’m in a true small city of 10K and I love it. The city is all of 10 miles square. It has all the basics movie theater, most chains, etc. The city isn’t walkable, but it is bikeable and I’ve found that to be good enough. I grew up in a city like this and I wanted that for my kid. We still drive into the local metro maybe once a month, but I don’t ever need to go into the metro for basics.