Question- After reading the article "Instead of moving to the suburbs, more parents are staying in the city", analyze why people are staying in the city and how it has impacted urban development. Explain in detail. Use evidence. Explain how the evidence shows why people are staying in the city. trends suggest Seattle is doing a better job of holding onto those kids, according to Sightline Institute, a think tank based inSeattle. The city is increasing its share of kids under 15 at a time when that percentage is declining elsewhere. "We seem to beclosing the child gap," said Eric de Place, the group's policy director.Staying In, Not Moving OutBetween 2007 and 2012, the number of downtown kids enrolled in kindergarten to eighth grade jumped nearly 30 percent,according to the Downtown Seattle Association, a business group that has worked to get more families downtown.Parents used to stay until their kids reached age 5, then many would leave downtown, said Jon Scholes, the association's CEO,who is raising 5-year-old twins downtown. Now, Scholes said, parents are staying longer. Schools, parks and other amenitiesmatter, he added.||In Minneapolis, Melissa and Aaron Whitney traded in their 2,700-square-foot home with five bedrooms in the suburbs for anapartment half that size downtown. "We thought once we got married, we had to buy a house in the suburbs," said Aaron Whitney,40, a technology consultant. "We drank the Kool-Aid."The couple quickly realized they didn't want to spend their time on home repairs or yard work. They found themselvesdowntown so much during leisure time, they moved back with their son, who is now 2. The couple said they would like to seemore green spaces and affordable housing in the city. A new school opens up downtown this fall. They're watching its progress todecide where they'll enroll their son.After moving from Atlanta to Seattle last year with his wife and toddler, Bradley Calvert, 33, joined with other parents to push fora downtown public school. Last month, the district tried, but failed, to buy a vacant federal building downtown to use as a school.Calvert said a downtown school and more affordable housing will be keys to keeping families in the urban center. A city benefitswhen there's a diverse mix of people downtown, Calvert said. Attracting families - not just young professionals or older emptynesters - creates a sense of community. SEATTLE - A small but growing number of parents are bucking the trend of the last few decades: Instead of moving theirfamilies to the suburbs, many are choosing to stay in or near downtown. Some are seeking an urban lifestyle, while others want toshorten commutes or stay close to restaurants, museums and other attractions.These parents are pushing cities to be more welcoming to families. In Seattle, Minneapolis, Denver and other cities across thecountry, parents are banding together to call for downtown schools, more playgrounds and more affordable family-friendlyhousing. "The benefit of living in the city so far outweighed what we would get by moving out to the suburbs," said Jenny Kelly, 32,a marketing consultant who helped form a parents group in 2013, now called Parents for a Better Downtown Seattle.When Parents Are Urban PioneersKelly and her husband Michael moved to downtown Seattle in their 20s and stayed when they had 2-year-old Elea. Both parentswalk to work from their loft apartment in Pioneer Square, where the laundry room also serves as the toddler's bedroom. Kelly andother parents recently pushed for a public school downtown. They also lobbied to include a playground in a redesign of the city'swaterfront. The city of Seattle offers real estate developers benefits if they provide space for a school: the developers can thenbuild higher buildings. Still, no one has taken the city up on the offer.Courting Families With CourtyardsSome cities are trying to respond to families, though it's a slow process. Portland, Oregon, revised its building codes to allowcourtyard housing - houses gathered around a common courtyard -that is considered family-friendly. Baltimore Mayor StephanieRawlings-Blake has pledged to expand her city by 10,000 families.'Families with children are indicator species about the health of an urban neighborhood," said Gary Johnson, Seattle's citycenter coordinator. For decades, Seattle has had a well-earned reputation as a childless city. In the 1960s and 1970s, as morefamilies moved to the suburbs, the number of children in the city dropped.Compared with the rest of the state of Washington or the United States, Seattle has a small percentage of children. Still, recent

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Question- After reading the article "Instead of moving to the suburbs, more parents are staying in the city", analyze why people are staying in the city and how it has impacted urban development. Explain in detail. Use evidence. Explain how the evidence shows why people are staying in the city.