&gt;Kids need an environment where they can go outside and be kids without all the difficulties a city adds.<p>This is a completely subjective opinion being passed around as fact. My parents divorced when I was very young so I grew up going back and forth between houses. My mom lived in suburban areas and my dad lived in a more condensed area(not as condensed as Chicago&#x2F;Baltimore but still not a suburb). I greatly preferred being with my dad just because of the area. Just because my friends and I didn&#x27;t play basketball in the front yard doesn&#x27;t mean we didn&#x27;t have space to be a kid. We would walk to all the stores or just explore the city. If we wanted to run around and play then parks were abundant.