[quote=Fearful][quote=njtosd]Our kids are now 7,9 and 11, but we are dependent on a yard where the kids can be outside without total supervision. … If your only choice is a park, one parent will always have to go to the park with them[/quote]

What you will regret is buying in such a crummy area that you cannot trust your kids alone in the neighborhood park.[/quote]

FWIW – I don’t know your definition of crummy, but I have spent enormous amounts of time at almost all the parks in CV and UC (playgroup meetings 2x/week) and almost never saw any children there under the age of 11 or 12 without parents. Whether it’s justified or not, people don’t send their kids alone to the park.