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 | By Molly Snyder Edler   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Molly Snyder Edler |
| Published July 22, 2007 at 5:31 a.m. |
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Although lots of people choose to raise their kids in the suburbs, it seems plenty of parents prefer to stay in their Downtown home or condo even after the bundle of joy arrives. In fact, if you walk around the Downtown/Third Ward area on a warm summer afternoon, especially on the weekends, chances are you'll see a couple pushing a baby stroller or wearing their kid in a sling or "Snuggli."
But what do you think? Would you raise a kid in a Downtown condo? Or, if you were living in a condo as a single person and a couple with a baby moved in next door, would it be OK?
No. Kids need lots of green space and room to roam, so a condo just isn't big enough for a kid. Plus, there usually aren't very many families in condos, so parents would feel disconnected. Finally, it's not fair for other condo dwellers to have to deal with a baby's crying or little kids in the hallways. In fact, many people pick condos to avoid such situations.
Yes. There are so many more opportunities for kids in the city, including museums, parks, beaches, diversity and more. Also, there are more little ones living in condos these days than people might think, and they usually do not burden neighbors. With all of the Downtown homes and condos going up, it's inevitable that families will take advantage of the great location and often affordable prices that many of them offer. Downtown, after all, is a neighborhood.
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Posted by deeze on Aug. 3, 2007 at 9:44 p.m. (report)
Of course babies belong in downtown condos. Didn't anyone ever see Different Strokes? Those kids turned out alright!
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Posted by sicle on July 30, 2007 at 1:37 p.m. (report)
As a young, single person living on the East Side, and looking forward to owning a condo in a few years, I might have initially said that kid's don't belong Downtown due to the 'party' atmosphere here, which brings with it a certain amount of a lack of safety. On second thought, our city is changing. With the huge amount of condos coming up downtown, I can only hope that younger generations will move in, alongside the married couples coming from the suburbs, already having sent their kids off to college or the working world. The only way to keep Downtown fresh and growing is with a continual influx of younger generations. And hopefully, those people will want to start families, which would eventually result in having kids roam about Downtown. I don't think it's a bad thing. I think it's one step in a forward progression for Milwaukee. I think if that trend begins, police authorities will have to step up to the challenge to make the area safer.... I read that there is actually a trend going on in the biggest cities of crime goind way down - Chicago, L.A. and New York - partly due to improved police efforts - so much so that those areas are now safer than the average US suburb. Hopefully the City of Milwaukee can follow in this trend - for the sake of a livelier, more populated Downtown... as it seems to be slowly going in that direction.
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Posted by mitchgat on July 25, 2007 at 8:49 a.m. (report)
What is the comparison between 12th and Center and Delafield? And what does that have to do with living in a condo downtown?
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Posted by hyperhifi on July 24, 2007 at 8:54 p.m. (report)
Honestly, if you have problems with kids in the hallway, or neighbors with kids, you have to be an anti-social shut in. I'm single, no kids and I don't have a problem with it? What about pets? At least kids don't leave little brown surprises on the sidewalk...
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Posted by GlamGirl on July 24, 2007 at 2:54 p.m. (report)
Mitch, do you have the name of a good MPS high school (preferably on the north/west side). I'm really stuck. My daughter's been in a small Christian school until now, and we're really nervous about putting her in a big public school. Can't afford private high school this year. Someone asked why would you live in Milwaukee and not want to send your kids to MPS... because I can't afford to live in the suburbs. If I could, I would definitely move to a better school district. I still don't believe that most of the horror stories are trumped up by the media and that the successes outweigh the problems. I'd love it if someone could prove me wrong, because I would like to take advantage of the school system I'm forced to pay for.
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