I see. Have you lived with kids in a village and also in cities to see the difference in reality?
replyI did and am moving back to the village now.
I grew up in a city and my wife grew up in a village. We now live in a city and don’t own a car.
replyBut you don't have kids yet?
replyIt makes a pretty big difference. Yes, the opportunities in the city are bigger for everything, but so are the dangers. The amount of crazy people. The effort involved in getting to a nice and safe place where the kids can just run around without you having to watch them every second. Those places also exist in some cities, but way too few. So great that you don't have a car, (I mean it) car free places in cities I do enjoy, there are just not many of them.
I have two three year olds. Parks where they can run around with relaxed supervision are not far. A big park is close enough that they can walk the distance and in less than half an hour by bike we can reach a forest and four or five other parks.
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