[kabar]

In the past decade, Boston has reversed decades of population loss to draw middle-class and affluent residents back to the city for luxury condos, restaurants, and upscale boutiques that have sprouted like mushrooms after rain. But there is one thing these newcomers have not brought with them: children.

Boston ranks sixth from the bottom of the hundred largest American cities in its percentage of children, with just 19.8 percent of its population under 18 in 2000, down more than 10 percent from its high point of 31.9 percent in 1970. While accurate population figures since 2000 are unavailable, school enrollment in Boston has fallen 6 percent in that time, from 84,720 to 80,161. That outpaces a decline in the birthrate, suggesting families are continuing to move away. Unlike in previous decades, now the exodus is often not by choice...The Boston Foundation, in which about half of Boston parents said they were "somewhat or very likely" to leave in the next five years, despite the fact that two-thirds of those surveyed had lived in the city a decade or more. Ask any young urban parent, and you'll get an earful on why: skyrocketing housing prices, lackluster city schools, and a rising rate of violence.

This is our future run by the liberal and wealthy elites who are breeding themselves out of existence. They are living in a bubble.

[mewzilla]

In the past decade, Boston has reversed decades of population loss to draw middle-class and affluent residents back to the city for luxury condos, restaurants, and upscale boutiques that have sprouted like mushrooms after rain. But there is one thing these newcomers have not brought with them: children.

Gee, now where does that sound like...?

Where Did All the Children Go? In San Francisco and Other Big Cities, Costs Drive Out Middle-Class Families

Ah, those 'Rat run Utopias...