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Sunday Sound-off: Would you raise kids in the city?
Kids in the city: yay or nay?  
By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers

Published May 11, 2008 at 5:07 a.m.
Tags: sound-off, raising kids in the city, city life, soccer mom

Plenty of procreators move to the suburbs, but for those of you who choose to raise children in the city, was this a good decision?

Since it's Mother's Day, we thought we'd ask a mom-related question, however, dads are invited to chime in with their thoughts on whether or not the city of Milwaukee is a good place to raise kids.

Sound-off, Milwaukee, and then call your mother.

Milwaukee proper is a great place to raise kids. I think Brew City offers my kids so many rich experiences that are not available in the suburbs. I appreciate the museums, the schools, the parks and the diversity. In the future, much of a person's success will come from the ability to coexist -- and communicate -- with all different types of people, a skill that is best honed in the city.

Raising kids in Milwaukee is a bad idea. There are more people, crime and violence in the city. Plus, the schools are a lot better in the suburbs. It is a parent's job to protect their kids, and this is difficult to do in the city. I grew up in the suburbs and want my kids to have the same privledges. Or, I did not grow up in the suburbs, but wish that I had.

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Z_boy The city. That said, I don't have any faith in the inner-city MPS schools, so ...
haaz Milwaukee, all the way. Seriously, what is so bad about raising kids in the ...
new guy no prob, LB, We have lots of extra things. My oldest plays violin in two different ...
Reluctantly Milwaukee I actually broke up with a serious girlfriend over this exact issue. We were ...
LegallyBlonde New Guy, I am not judging, just still curious as I always have been about home ...


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