As someone who grew up in a small city where pretty much everyone was white I would have to disagree.<p>Large cities are no place to rise children they are cramped, expensive and highly polluted the kids may get exposed to a higher diversity of people but that is not necessary at a young age. As long as you raise your children with your own values and teach them to have and open and accepting mind it doesn&#x27;t matter where they are.<p>I have no problem interacting with different kinds of people even though i only got exposed to such diversity after i graduated university and I could never imagine growing up in a large city it would have been awful.<p>Hell personally I&#x27;m trying to move to a smaller city close by to London and take up more remote work so i can actually have more breathing room.<p>I absolutely have the expensive, small and badly maintained spaces that tend to be the norm in large cities.<p>US cities are a bit different you could probably live comfortably if you are ok with needing to drive everywhere but that&#x27;s ridiculous to. I don&#x27;t have a driver&#x27;s license I never needed one since everything I ever wanted was a walk away and if it was further I could just take public transportation even in the small city I grew up in.<p>Spending so much money maintaining and fuelling a car is a waste of resources.