Saturday, September 1, 2007
Living in the city
The other other day my wife received an email from another mom in Richmond. When Abby told her where we live, (carytown). This mom's response was basically "I didn't know anyone with small children lived there in the city!" This response is not very unusual. There seems to be an unwritten rule that as soon as you have children you need to move out to the burbs where you can have an enormous fenced in back yard so your children can run and play all day, in the safety of your own corral. Add in the fact that taxes are lower in the counties than in the city and the flight to the suburbs makes sense. I understand this..I really do. We just want to live differently than that. This year, for the first time in history, more people will live in cities than in rural areas. The world is becoming more and more urban, and as I see it, Christians need to know how to live, work, and play, and even raise kids in this urban jungle. It is our hope to raise our kids to love the city, love their funky urban neighbors, and be light in a dark world.
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Yeah - we definitely could have been considered in that boat of people when we initially moved out here. I have since then met at least a handful of families that live somewhere within the Richmond city district (obviously including your family).
My thought on this topic for many is due to the city schools... especially since apparently Chesterfield and Henrico are really ranked high for the state. We live in just such a 'burb (Chesterfield), but don't really care that much about having an "enormous fenced yard" (ah but many do).
I do agree we sacrifice for the sake of "convenience" of the suburbs, among other things, but wonder where we should draw such lines especially when it involves the kids. Clearly on that topic, much rationalization can be made when it really shouldn't.
I've had discussions with many others on this topic specifically relating to private/home schooling over public schooling and I myself believe something around what you are saying in support of my kids attending public school.
I however feel obliged to point out the irony of supporting sending my kids to public school where I have decided to move to a place where attending a public school is nowhere near what could be considered bad...
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