Westerner asked:
If it is, then I’m in the right place because I’m childfree by choice (no criticism).
If it is, then I’m in the right place because I’m childfree by choice (no criticism).
LAUSD is kinda messed up, the city is kinda pleaged with gangs, and youths are joining gangs.
Help em understand. Is Los Angeles really the worst place to raise kids? And does LA really have a high number of childfree girls?
Well, I love a big city. A city where people hardly have kids.
Peggy
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I think the smaller towns are better because everybody knows everybody and there is not as much gangs and all that stuff!!
If you are a good parent and have effective parenting skills, it does not matter where you raise your children. You could be in a rural area or inner city, if you do it right—your kids will follow the right path. A child can get in as much trouble in a small town as they can in a large town. So, answer is no. Location is irrelevant.
I think that a city isn’t one of the best places to raise a children. Don’t get me wrong, I love cities, but with my kids, I prefer the suburbs. We’ve got a great school, small (but nice) hopstilas, fresh air, and open spaces (big yards) however we aren’t in the middle of nowhere. If need be, I can get to the best of the best hosptials, city, or anything within the hour.
I don’t know about LA because I haven’t been there. I did live in Vegas for 7 years though. We moved when we got pregnant, and moved 2200 miles away to the country side lol. I still see the same things here in a town of 26000 as I did in Vegas. The difference is only that it isn’t as common to see here, where as there it was an all day everyday occurance. There is 1-2 murders a year here in this town at most. Where in Vegas there were like 10 or more a night on the news!
So I deffinately think the chances increase drastically for having kids in a major city like that to get involved in negative things. It can happen anywhere, but it deffinately is more common to occur in places like LA.
The last 3 consecutive years I’m pretty sure that Detroit was ranked as “most dangerous” or something like that. I’m not positive though.
Enjoy LA…I miss those desert sunsets sometimes
Not the worst, but certainly not the best in my opinion.
Well i grew up in L.A. and im doing just fine. i think it just depends on the parents
It depends on the family and the parents, not the city. I lived in LA for about 5 years, and know plenty of people who were raised there. If you live in the right neighborhoods, there won’t be any gangs – the gang activity is pretty much isolated in south central/east LA. Yes, LAUSD ***** – but there are plenty of good private schools.
I used to live near LA. I think I encountered a lot less tagging, and crime in LA than in Phoenix.
There is no listed LA chapter of “No Kidding”., so I have no way to know if there are a lot more CF women there.