Not sure whether to move - do your kids play out??

[Amyjoyjoy]

We currently live in a beautiful four bed Victorian terrace in a major city. I love this house and we have decorated it throughout to a high standard. The area we live in is 'cool'. Lots of nice cafes, bars and city parks. My issues with this house are that we are on a busy main road so it's noisy and the kids will not be able to play out front till they are teens. The area doesn't have any houses to move up to or any quieter roads with similar size properties . Our children are 5 and 6 months. We've been to see some new houses which are on estates and in cul de sac locations but are lacking in style and area. Wwyd? Do you live in an area where the kids can play out and do they? Is this that important? We are just worried about making compromises for the kids and finding they don't actually do it anyway.

We live on a cul-de-sac in a quiet area full of elderly people and families with young children. My DC are 4 and 7 and play outside almost constantly with the other kids on the street (ages 2-10). They all get on well and have bike races and climb trees and do all the stuff I've seen in movies from the 80s but didn't think kids still did (recently moved here from a small flat in big busy city) the kids absolutely love it

I used to live in a cul de sac and yes, my children did play out all the time. It was great. I had to move as I was renting and moved to another cul de sac but there are no children here. It doesn't matter so much now though, as a pp said they are more interested in screens now.