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Why would you choose to live in the city?
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yo'ma




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 9:35 am
Who says it’s a choice? Sometimes you don’t really have much of one for many reasons posted. Not that a mansion is necessary, but not a city.
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gande




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 10:50 am
I dont need a car and my kids are independent They can go to the grocery, friends, school ect. by themselves. I can walk over and spend time with my family whenever I want.....I get exercise and fresh air walking around on the street. We had the option to move out of town recently and I preferred to stay renting with one bathroom in a building.I do love grass and nature so we go upstate for the summer.
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tigerwife




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 11:01 am
I actually love city life. I miss the fast paced, store studded life now that I’ve moved away. There’s also nothing like being able to get anywhere without depending on a car. I hate that my legs have been replaced by wheels.
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Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 11:04 am
amother [ Apricot ] wrote:
All pluses of living OOT, except special ed services.



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If your family lives in the city then how is family a plus of oot life? And special ed services are great in some cities and not in others, it’s not like they are great especially out of New York
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amother
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Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 11:07 am
I love the city. I find the suburbs to be boring and depressing. I don’t want a big house. I’m very happy in a minimal clean functional well designed home.
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amother
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Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 11:10 am
Conveniences
Family
Better schools
Don't need a car
Lots more reasons

I've always said I love looking at big houses but I have no interest in owning one.
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icedcoffee




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 11:10 am
Ugh I love living in the city. In five minutes I can be at the Met looking at some of the greatest art in the world. Nearly every Sunday we try out a new museum, restaurant, cafe, or store and we've hardly scratched the surface of things to do. There's a secret speakeasy behind an ice cream shop! There's a bar where you can play board games with strangers! On any given night I can meet my husband for dim sum, Indian, sushi burritos, pastries as good as the ones in Paris, or a fried pickle restaurant. I absolutely love having all these things to do. I love the communities here for young Jewish professionals, and how we do shabbat. I love that if I want to go to the supermarket or meet someone for coffee, I don't need to drive somewhere and park, I can walk two blocks. I always envisioned raising kids in a house but sometimes my husband and I talk about just staying here once we have them. I'm going to miss it for sure.
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mha3484




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 11:26 am
We bought a small fixer upper house in a large city in the midwest. Its not fancy but its good for our family size and its affordable. Its not a cheap area but much less expensive then New York. Property taxes just get higher and higher. We have talked about moving to a smaller OOT community with vouchers like Milwaukee or Cincinnati but we we decided we like the life here even if its more expensive.

Our neighborhood really has a suburban feel in many ways its the best of both worlds. My house has a back yard and my kids can play outside as much as they want.

Within a mile of my house there are 4 parks and 2 more if you go another half a mile in a different direction. I can walk to many places and then if I want to drive there are even more options for stores, restaurants etc.

Also I have a child with very unique educational needs and if we lived in any other community he would either be in public school or in a special ed program bored to tears. Here they really work with him. He has options that dont exist in many other places.
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amother
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Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 2:08 pm
I live in the city and life is lovely.
I am not sure the question.
I haven't seen my relatives upstate find their city of happiness.
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amother
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Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:58 pm
Raisin, may I ask what city you live in?
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amother
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Post Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:23 pm
As others have said. Schools, stores, walking... we do have a house upstate where we spend summers, yomim Tovim, and random weekends.
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