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The key is where children live and the fertility aspirations of dual income working parents. The capacity for family units which are not linked to extended families due to unit typology (too small units) and the incapacity of child self-directed play (safe backyards, gardens, or sole possession courtyards with no stranger presence) are all problems with most densities urban designs. They simply fail to provided ground-level, spacious, units with extra-secure outdoor play space for working parents who require passive observation (no time to escort children to a park; play space must be directly attached to the residence with exclusive use). We are not designing cities with fertility and social sustainability in mind. That is why cities are expanding still, to sprawling but large unit, ground-oriented, child-friendly spaces. If that can be solved entirely in an “urban”setting then success. So far, not. The urban vision is resolutely anti-child, and anti-family.