We're househunting currently. My child will be in secondary school in a couple of years. For reasons I won't go into we have first choice of secondary schools and catchment isn't an issue. The secondary school that she and her friends will more than likely want to go to is in a suburban area of a large city. It is fineish but it's getting more and more rough and I can only see this worsening as poverty increases. However it also does have a thriving town centre and a nice community feel and she'd be able to walk to school.
After looking at houses in the area though I'm kindof feeling like it's way overinflated. I much more fancy an area that's much more rural. It's only 3 miles from her proposed secondary but no bus routes and not in the school catchment.
I've talked to dh and we've accepted that if we go for the rural area we have to own that choice and accept being dd's taxi service for a few years. Can people share their own experiences though? Will my dd miss out by living a bit away from the main action? Thanks