Chicagoist: Baby-on-Board Review: Art of Play

guest

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:34:00 -0600

Lets see, I am young parent of kids about to enter kindergarten and I have a choice: - Get real cozy with my alderman so that they can clout me into a real good magnet school - Pay the $15,000 tuition for kindergarten at Latin, Francis Parker etc. - Invest thousands of dollars in home security system so that they can play in a fenced in yard or move to Winnetka, Wilmette, Highland Park and have the beach at my doorstep, free high quality public schools and peace of mind at night when I sleep, but really regretting that a real life Candy-Man game is not in my suburb. That is a really hard choice (sarcasm meter on high).

guest

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:07:28 -0600

by arguing that your kids can play with Mr. Licorice? I would also add that the suburbs have a crapload of stupid clown shite as well. That Candy Land crap aint even original. They had the same thing in Poway, California [a SUBURB of San Diego, by the way] two fricking years ago. The fact that Chicago is getting the hand-me-downs from a third-rate suburb of a second-rate California city is pretty lame. If the city wants to be taken seriously, send stuff like this out to Palos Heights and reserve Millenium Park for indie rock.

fishunderice

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:06:40 -0600

by arguing that your kids can play with Mr. Licorice? Thats just a joke, take it easy

guest

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:22:09 -0600

As another Chicago parent, the debate about where to raise your kids is forefront in many families' minds. Ask someone who has kids. As someone who has also decided to raise his kids in the city, it is hard to find an argument to raise against the suburbanites' claims of better education and nicer housing. Here's a reason I can raise in my next debate.

fishunderice

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:00:26 -0600

Jay- I understand that, but tell me one thing the entire post has to do about living in the city or suburbs?? NOTHING. It's like having an article about sports in chicago, and then saying 'even though the suburbs have education, recreation etc... because the city has bigger sports teams I'll choose to live in the city.' How random is that? Simple logic jay. It's in incorrect syllogism, and just doesn't make sense! If the article was about Liz debating where she wanted to live and in particular the fun activities offered for kids in the city vs. activities for kids in the suburbs, then the last paragraph would make perfect sense.

jay

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:37:34 -0600

Aw jeez fish, do you have to see every statement on this blog as a provocation? You can't live in both the city and the suburbs (unless you're rich or your house straddles the city line), so you've got to make a choice. Elizabeth chooses to live in the city. If you're reading it as a threat to your way of life or your delicate sensibilities, that says more about you than anything.

fishunderice

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:42:21 -0600

Really? That's how you sum up an article about a Chicago event?? Can Chicagoist not have one post without a suburb vs city comment, a hipster vs 'non' dish, a liberal vs conservative rant, when the posts have nothing to do with any of those things?! It's like you end your post and just sit there for a minute to think of a cliche internet blog argument, and then throw it in there.