on November 19, 2025, 15:33:58, in reply to "Every situation is unique. If that’s yours, I get it"
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In mine, it is prohibitively more expensive to live in the walkable core neighborhoods I want to vs. the suburbs outside of them.
And my *original* point was actually much more specific than this. It wasn’t a suburbs vs. city thing at all. It was that a) childcare is way too expensive in this country and we should try to do something about it, and b) cities don’t build enough “family” housing anymore. When 70% of new units in these cities are studios and 1BR’s, it doesn’t make it easy for families to stay. Let’s build more units of all sizes. Previous Message
But there are aspects of life that can be drastically more expensive in the suburbs. Transportation, home up keep, property taxes. If you don't value some of the intangible benefits of living in the city, then the suburbs make sense. But I don't think actual monetary savings is a real difference maker. Previous Message
It is unequivocally cheaper to get a ~1,300 sq/ft place in the suburbs vs. a nice core city neighborhood in these areas. It’s a huge premium in NYC, more modest in Denver.
The Bay Area is more universally expensive everywhere, but it is still definitely more expensive to get a ~1,300 sq/ft place in a core SF neighborhood than much of the east bay.
This is borne out by median price/sqft info. Previous Message
It's all about the spending choices people make and what is sacrificed/gained. Previous Message
Housing + daycare in these places is just way too high for most people, and I think democrats should get on that cause again. Previous Message
I have no idea, but, using Chicago as an example, the cost of daycare being more expensive in the city than in Evanston, Barrington, Glencoe, etc. would surprise me. Previous Message
Build more homes, provide childcare, etc.
I’m someone who is going to try to raise a kid in one of the most expensive cities in the country, and the math is very tough even though we do pretty well. Previous Message
..to alleviate the real world issues that make doing it so prohibitive.
I call it "The GOP plan".
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