[Tiereven]

A lot of voices are encouraging building cities up and increasing density. As a father with young kids, high-density urban living, with a young family crammed into an apartment does not seem like the ingredients for a healthy childhood; but I admit, that's not how I grew up. How does more high-density housing create an environment where the next generation can grow up in health and safety?

[Jochim]

High density doesn't mean only building housing. You can build housing around a large park that gives children a safe place to play and explore. Shops within walking distance allow them to experience some responsibility running an errand or to buy themselves a treat with pocket money. At least in my opinion urban living with a sensible balance of retail/nature/housing offers children much more independence than they'd get in the suburbs where they rely entirely on their parents to get anywhere.

[angio]

Dense cities usually have nice communal spaces that kids can use to play and socialize.

[phendrenad2]

Thst's just begging the question. We'll need to see some studies on the impact of living "crammed" into an apartment.

[chii]

there already exists cities like that - see hong kong for example. Or tokyo.

Their kids turned out normal - as far as i can tell anyway.