Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia

Watch some videos from this channel and you'll be able to see how the US definitely does not do enough in terms of creating safe road infrastructure for all: [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO]

NotJustBikes has some excellent videos on the differences between US and European cities, this one captures many of the issues - [VIDEO]

Once the environment is safe for kids you don't have to do as many logistics for your children. You might be interested in this "Not Just Bikes" video about raising kids in non car dependent places: [VIDEO] or this one about kids who bike to school in a group for safety: [LINK]

Well, part of the problem is our infrastructure choices over the past many decades. When you build suburbs that are very isolated from places you need to go and then need to drive to literally everything you do, nearly everyone starts viewing normal activities like walking to a grocery store as abnormal. As a result, kids can’t actually go anywhere until they turn 16 and get a car. :/ There are a lot of excellent videos about this sad problem, like this: [VIDEO] But at the end of the day, when it’s not actually possible to be independent every day, you just loose this culture. And countries that made different infrastructure and development decisions 6 decades ago are in a much better place today — it doesn’t have to be this way.

Yet again this video on how there is something deeply, horrifyingly wrong with raising kids in American suburbs is apt. [VIDEO] Visited Utrecht in December and visiting Freiburg in April to decide where to live.

The issue isn't purely house vs apartment. It's a symptom of our neighborhood design. Not Just Bikes has a really good video on why suburbia (usually single family housing) is often worse for children than denser environments. [VIDEO]

There's a great video by the urbanist youtuber Not Just Bikes about this very topic - he ended up moving to the Netherlands so his kids can safely play on the street and independently meet up with friends: [VIDEO]

Toronto, by any chance? One other thing that frustrates me about most cities in North America is how car-dependent they are [0]. [0] [VIDEO]