I didn't grew up in a big big city and now we live in one. DH was raised in a small rural area of France. That's one of my biggest dreams, raising DS in a rural area in a foreign country, it wasn't until DH started to tell me all the precious memories from his childhood...
But that's never going to happen so I better get used to the idea that we are staying here for a long long time. We live in a nice area of the city, not really in the suburbs but it's pretty neat The neighbors are nice and my parents live nearby. We have what we need here. I think DS will have a nice childhood here, can't see the problem.
But it tends to get a little bit noisy...
But that's never going to happen so I better get used to the idea that we are staying here for a long long time. We live in a nice area of the city, not really in the suburbs but it's pretty neat The neighbors are nice and my parents live nearby. We have what we need here. I think DS will have a nice childhood here, can't see the problem.
But it tends to get a little bit noisy...
My DH is from the burbs and definitely prefers that type of environment. So we compromised. We're raising our DD in the city-- it's on the smaller side, 85,000 people or so, we chose a residential neighborhood near the woods (I need watch out for deer when driving in the early mornings) and a smaller, fixer upper so that we could also have a nice large backyard. The street is quiet and safe (I sometimes forget to lock our doors), lots of kids running around and the neighbors are friendly. I would have preferred to be closer to downtown since we are a bit removed and I hate driving - bus service near us is a joke (one line and it's sometimes over an hour late), but all of the fun stuff is just a 15 drive away. We sometimes talk about retiring to the sticks, but that's just because we'd like to run a small animal sanctuary one day and land is a lot less expensive and more available in the country.
