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And maybe in ten years, you'll be driving in rush hour traffic with an infant and a toddler, and you don't want to endanger them by riding your bike in the rain!
The obvious solution of course is to never have children.
And even then in fact, the thing I regret mostly about my childhood is that I wasn't raised in a larger, more cosmopolitan/diverse city with more cultural opportunity. So I wouldn't deprive any(very hypothetical) children of mine of that.
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1) When you travel to the country and look up in the sky and say "Wow, I only see these in movies". 2)When you're at an intersection red light and you're glancing at the light belonging to those who who have the turning arrow looking/anticipating when you can go.
The obvious solution of course is to never have children.
And even then in fact, the thing I regret mostly about my childhood is that I wasn't raised in a larger, more cosmopolitan/diverse city with more cultural opportunity. So I wouldn't deprive any(very hypothetical) children of mine of that.
My kids weren't deprived of that either, even though they grew up in a suburb. There are roads to the city from the burbs. (Sarcasm intended. It's just the arrogance of youth, as my own mother used to say.)
My kids weren't deprived of that either, even though they grew up in a suburb. There are roads to the city from the burbs. (Sarcasm intended. It's just the arrogance of youth, as my own mother used to say.)
I've got the vague feeling that I'm going off topic but visiting the city every other weekend is just not the same experience. There's nothing really like being right in the middle of it all for good.
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I've got the vague feeling that I'm going off topic but visiting the city every other weekend is just not the same experience. There's nothing really like being right in the middle of it all for good.
I guess it depends what city. I feel like there's no difference between Queens in NYC and western Long Island. They're both the same to me.
I'm with Rachel here. What my kids did in the burbs, they could have done in the city. Believe me, all you younguns who haven't raised a family yet, when you are raising little kids, it doesn't matter whether you are in NYC, Denver, San Francisco, or Antelope, Wyoming. You're doing the same things. I mean, how often do you go to the zoo if you live in the city? About as often as you do if you live in the burbs, in my experience. Ditto, Children's Museum, Museum of Nature and Science, and all the others.
Right---Ive often heard people talking about all the things they could do if they lived in the city---and then when they live in the city, they never do them.
You check around you before going to the ATM. You drive a beater because you know a new car would get door dings, plus it's easier to park a small car in the city.
You know which traffic rules you have to follow and which ones you can break.
You know of a few one way streets that locals use as two-ways sometimes.
You have a few "secret" parking spots.
so trueeee... I'm sure I could get a better car but have an old 1997 2 door honda accord, good gas mileage, and dings on every corner of my car from parallel parking
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