Would you live in a child-free village?

Ok, this is slightly off-topic but I thought it was quite interesting. The BBC reports that the village of Firhall in Scotland has gone child-free, with only over-45s allowed to own homes and children or grandchildren of residents only allowed to visit occasionally.

Does it sound like a tranquil idyll or a bit of a nightmare?

simeon2:

Ok, this is slightly off-topic but I thought it was quite interesting. The BBC reports that the village of Firhall in Scotland has gone child-free, with only over-45s allowed to own homes and children or grandchildren of residents only allowed to visit occasionally.

Does it sound like a tranquil idyll or a bit of a nightmare?

 

oh gawd that sounds like a brilliant place to live. no children and no whining parents who believe the world revolves round them and their brood. even better!!!! no child and family s/w teams telling us how tough their job is :)

I wouldn't want to live there-I find that, ironicallly, the adults that do not have time for children are more childish than the children. 

I agree with Redana. It seems a bit micro-managed and unnatural. I've also tended to find it is absolutely not the children that cause any upset and disturbances in my own community!

I wouldn't want to live in any town that set down restrictions about who could and couldn't live there to be honest.

I pretty much do live in a child free area, its all young professional couples and students round here - and thats how i like it! Id feel guilty rolling in from a club down a family street 4am!

Does anyone ever think a village without teenagers might be quite nice?

I would prefer a 'titchmagoo'-free village!!!

Reminds me horribly of P. D. James 'The Children of Men'  that envisaged a world with no children.

 

 

Criticize Titch all you want, but I think it is actually more honest to say " we do not want children around here" and expect that life is quiet and pretty uneventful than live in a family-oriented neighbourhood and then do nothing but complain all day of noise, or terrorizing your neighbours if they children laugh too loud or the baby has the impertinence to cry in the middle of the night or the teenagers round the corner have a party that is inconvenient to the nice retired couple. Call it social segregation if you wish, but we all tend to gravitate around people that share our lifestyle. I would not live in that particular village and the beauty of this country is that I actually have a choice, which is sadly not the case for so many deprived families which I encounter in my work. I would not want to live in a village without teenagers either.