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Where did you grow up? Where are you raising your kids and why?
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03.26.09, 10:37 AM [ Flag ]
- NYC, NYC, 'cause it's the best city in the world (don't flame, I've done a fair amount of travelling before coming to this conclusion).
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  03.26.09, 10:47 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - If a person had a fairly good childhood, he or she often thinks that the best place to live is where they grew up (Don't flame, I have lived in 6 different cities in two different countries). I like where I live now, but there is nothing like going "home" even though I have not lived there in 15 years.
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    03.26.09, 10:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - NP. I'm sure what you say is true for many people, but I grew up in LA and had a great childhood, but live in NYC now and still think its the best city in the world (with London being a v. close second). I don't have that same sense of going 'home' that you seem to - sure I love seeing family & friends, but LA just does not compare to NYC imo. Think I'm just an east coast gal at heart.
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      03.26.09, 12:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Ugh...because LA is gross, that's way.
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        03.26.09, 12:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        OR, yep, have to agree with you there!
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        03.26.09, 12:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Grew up in the South. Moving west to raise kids because I hate what NYC has become since I moved here 20 years ago and the NY burbs are not an option for me--I HATE them.
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  03.26.09, 10:51 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- very small town; new york city - great access to everything, like being able to walk places, need a lot of activity going on around me, our jobs are here; want my kids to be well-rounded and exposed to a wide variety of experiences.
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  03.26.09, 10:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- DC, then a very small town in Southern California. Currently in NY, but will move to DC or Paris in the next few years. Don't want to raise DCs in NYC
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  03.26.09, 10:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Seattle & Denver - Raising kids in NYC b/c it has the best of everything.
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  03.26.09, 10:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- nyc, nyc. my family and dh's family and 75% of our friends live here. where else could we go!
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  03.26.09, 11:08 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Grew up in Huntington Beach, Ca. I'm raising kids in same area. We are beach bums.
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  03.26.09, 11:09 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- suburban CT (but not $$$), NYC. I can't imagine raising a dc anywhere else...culture, diversity, opportunities all are amazing, plus the day-to-day is wonderful...walk out your door and see and meet great people, parks, food, being able to walk instead of drive
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  03.26.09, 11:43 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Staten Island- probably Manhattan- here now -but itching to toss in the towel and downsize- too scared to tell dh- we have a pretty nice set-up here.
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  03.26.09, 11:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- DH and I both grew up in NYC and just moved to Austin because we got priced out. We will have the benefits of visiting each summer, but none of the hassles of shlepping around town with strollers, taking the subway all over the place, private schools, and tons of yuppies whose values are totally skewed.
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  03.26.09, 11:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Do you like Austin? How are the schools? Do you both work? Thinking of moving out of the area and this is one of the cities on our "hit" list
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    03.26.09, 12:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- DC burbs, DC burbs (both MD side). Still here b/c this is where my fiance was when I finished grad school and it's the best place for my field (public policy). I'd kill to leave and go anywhere less self-obsessed, but doubt we ever will.
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  03.26.09, 11:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Grew up in Nebraska; raising kids in D.C. Our purpose for being in Washington has expired, have no idea why we're still here :(
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  03.26.09, 12:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Bush worker?
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    03.26.09, 12:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Philadelphia & Seattle - moved back to Seattle 2-years ago after 7-years in NYC because DH wanted to "try something new". He'd never lived anywhere outside the eastern seaboard. I wanted to move eventually, but not until DS turned 5.
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  03.26.09, 12:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- San Francisco, NYC (Manhattan) because I really love New York. I miss my family but don't miss that damp, gray fog. Ugh.
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  03.26.09, 05:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - i'll trade places--i'll ship me and my family to sf and you and all of yours can come to NYC--i loved living in SF--happiest time of my life!
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    03.26.09, 05:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I believe raising kids in NYC or LA is only slightly above abuse.
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  03.26.09, 05:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - And you live where?
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    03.26.09, 07:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Long Island...New York City because I can't imagine raising them anyplace else. Have lived in several places in the US as well as abroad and there is noplace I'd rather be.
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  03.26.09, 05:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Me too! Maybe we're twins!
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    03.26.09, 06:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Long Island; here although the winters really affect me negatively so Im kind of always on the fence to go south.
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  03.26.09, 06:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I grew up in Jamaica Estates, Queens, I'm raising ds in NYC because I'm hoping he will get a good education and because my work is here.
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Where did you grow up? Where are you raising your kids and why?

NYC, NYC, 'cause it's the best city in the world (don't flame, I've done a fair amount of travelling before coming to this conclusion).

Ugh...because LA is gross, that's way.

OR, yep, have to agree with you there!

Grew up in the South. Moving west to raise kids because I hate what NYC has become since I moved here 20 years ago and the NY burbs are not an option for me--I HATE them.

very small town; new york city - great access to everything, like being able to walk places, need a lot of activity going on around me, our jobs are here; want my kids to be well-rounded and exposed to a wide variety of experiences.

DC, then a very small town in Southern California. Currently in NY, but will move to DC or Paris in the next few years. Don't want to raise DCs in NYC

Seattle & Denver - Raising kids in NYC b/c it has the best of everything.

nyc, nyc. my family and dh's family and 75% of our friends live here. where else could we go!

Grew up in Huntington Beach, Ca. I'm raising kids in same area. We are beach bums.

suburban CT (but not $$$), NYC. I can't imagine raising a dc anywhere else...culture, diversity, opportunities all are amazing, plus the day-to-day is wonderful...walk out your door and see and meet great people, parks, food, being able to walk instead of drive

Staten Island- probably Manhattan- here now -but itching to toss in the towel and downsize- too scared to tell dh- we have a pretty nice set-up here.

Do you like Austin? How are the schools? Do you both work? Thinking of moving out of the area and this is one of the cities on our "hit" list

DC burbs, DC burbs (both MD side). Still here b/c this is where my fiance was when I finished grad school and it's the best place for my field (public policy). I'd kill to leave and go anywhere less self-obsessed, but doubt we ever will.

Grew up in Nebraska; raising kids in D.C. Our purpose for being in Washington has expired, have no idea why we're still here :(

Bush worker?

Philadelphia & Seattle - moved back to Seattle 2-years ago after 7-years in NYC because DH wanted to "try something new". He'd never lived anywhere outside the eastern seaboard. I wanted to move eventually, but not until DS turned 5.

San Francisco, NYC (Manhattan) because I really love New York. I miss my family but don't miss that damp, gray fog. Ugh.

i'll trade places--i'll ship me and my family to sf and you and all of yours can come to NYC--i loved living in SF--happiest time of my life!

I believe raising kids in NYC or LA is only slightly above abuse.

And you live where?

Long Island...New York City because I can't imagine raising them anyplace else. Have lived in several places in the US as well as abroad and there is noplace I'd rather be.

Me too! Maybe we're twins!

Long Island; here although the winters really affect me negatively so Im kind of always on the fence to go south.

I grew up in Jamaica Estates, Queens, I'm raising ds in NYC because I'm hoping he will get a good education and because my work is here.

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