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Originally Posted by BorisMolotov
They're too small. You can get the same price (with better schools) larger house in the suburbs.
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Too small how? How big a family are we talking? If you finish the basement, there is plenty of room for a family of four to live comfortably; each kid his own room, a family room, living room, kitchen, and 2 bathrooms. Family of 5 would get tight, admittedly, but there are larger bungalows. Some people even *gasp* built a 1-room addition on the back!
As a product of Chicago Public Schools, I feel qualified to say that the "schools are better in the suburbs" argument is self-fulfilling bullshit perpetuated by people that are motivated either by racism or a discriminatory form of classism. If you swapped all the students from an average ghetto CPS school with Naperville North, we'd hear about how awful the Naperville school district is and everyone would clammer to send their kids to CPS. It's entirely self-fulfilling. A good and successful child is more likely produced by a good parent, not by a good school.