| How much do you love living in New York City? And if you have kids, how desperate are you to raise them here? Do you want it enough to sacrifice having a bedroom and the privacy that comes with it? In this uplifting story, Laura Fenton, author of The Little Book of Living Small, interviewed parents who have the means to move out of New York City into larger homes but have opted to stay in their one-bedroom apartments. Their reasoning: Raising their kids in a great neighborhood matters a lot more than having space for more stuff or even a Sunday-afternoon nap. We then asked photographer Frankie Alduino to capture each family at home in their ingenious sleeping quarters, since finding a place for everyone to sleep is the most challenging piece of the one-bedroom puzzle. As someone who’s been reading about city families fleeing to the suburbs for a solid two years but has every intention of raising my own kids right here in New York, I found these stories and portraits to be a much-needed palate cleanser. Unlike wandering down a procrastination rabbit hole of palatial StreetEasy listings, peering into these apartments and hearing from these parents reminded me that my own place is bigger than it feels. Plus I’m not alone in believing that staying in the city — despite all its faults and the staggering price of real estate — is worth it. |
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