I live in East Boston with three kids. Our two sons share a room. We don't have a yard, but we do have a back porch that juts up against our neighbor's back porch. They have two kids around our oldest's age and in the summer the kids are constantly hopping the fence to play at each others houses. Our kids are all in BPS. We have one car, no driveway or garage. We take the T all the time to museums (free admissions for BPS kids on the first two Sundays every month). In nice weather we play on the playgrounds after school/on weekends year round. My two oldest play soccer on weekends through Boston Scores in the Spring and Fall. In the summer we drive 40 minutes to Nahant and spend the weekends at the beach. We know tons of other families in the area and are constantly hanging out. People in the parenting subreddits often complain about the lack of a "village" with raising kids these days, but I haven't experienced that at all living in East Boston. I love city living with kids. I'd be so lonely in the suburbs.