Do you think it would be better for a kid to grow up in a bigger city or a small town?

Question

We live in a biggish town like close to 100,000 people we are thinking about moving to a smaller town just a few miles away with about 5,000 people. Would our 2 year old do better in a small town like when it comes time for her to go to school or should we stay in the bigger town? We have a yard now but it's small. We found a house we like with a yard that is like 10 times bigger than what we have now.

Answer 1

It really depends on what's important to you. Would you rather have a bigger house with a bigger yard, or more people and things to do near you? I grew up in New York City in the 80's and 90's. Looking back, I didn't live there at the safest time or anything, but no one in my family was ever robbed, murdered, etc., and now most big cities in the U.S. are safer than ever (well, except Detroit). But, a suburb was the perfect place to raise our kids: near a city but we still have a big house with a nice yard. The country is a little too isolated for us, and we wanted our kids to experience having a yard and other amenities you can't get in a city. But if school is your main concern, do some research on the schools where you live and in the other town. If that's your main priority, move to the place with the better schools.



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Answer 2

I was raised in a very small town and loved it. I'll always be a small town girl :) It's fun to go to the city but I always love coming home. As far as school goes, I really like having a small town. There are 15 kids in my daughters preschool and 3 teachers. They get a lot of one on one time and they get to do a lot more activites because there aren't as many. It also makes it really easy to get to know the other parents and kids (which was VERY important to me seeing as these are the kids she'll be in school with for the next 12 years). If I don't know someone from the class I always have a friend who does. There is SOOO much more space availble for kids to play, and there are tons of playgrounds and playgroups and library story times. It's a great way to meet new people. I've met a lot of new moms that way and it's nice to have support for other moms with kids the same age. We've been going to playgroup since my daughter was 1 and my son was born so the kids they are in school and went to playgroup with, are the kids they'll grow up with. Another thing I love about it, in woodys towns you don't get much cell service. I know my kids will eventually want cell phones and text but I love that when they are home the will have to use the phone. It's so hard now a days with all the technology. Kids are texting, using computers, and other things and they don't get much human contact and they don't know how to play outside. Where we live, there isn't much else to do BUT go outside. I think you'd truely love it. One of my good mom friends moved all the way across the country from CA to MA in the woods and she loves it. I say give it a shot. If you don't like it you can always move back :)

Answer 3

I think big cities are better even if you don't have a yard at all because there is so much more stuff to do, and so many more places to go, and so many more different kinds of people to meet. In a big city, you can always go to a park if you need a green space. For me cities with fewer than 500,000 people are too small. The city we live in has about 1.5 million, which is great. We have a tiny little strip of concrete for a yard, but we live a 5 minute walk from several different green spaces and/or places to take kids to do stuff. Bigger schools have more teachers, in case one doesn't work for you, and more students to make friends with. They still have laws about how many students can be in a class per adult.

Answer 4

A small town would seem safer. Although if the kid got bullied in that small town it would SUCK. But I still think a small town would be better. When she goes to school she'll have friends and you'll get to know the friends and friend's parents. SO I think that it would be better for your kid to grow up in the small town.

Answer 5

well that really depends on a lot of other factors like cost of living, schools, safety, proximity to family, friends, and so on.