Where to live?

I wrote a long post about difficulty choosing between the urban lifestyle with an apartment in the city or a single-family home out in the suburbs. Then I remembered that I have a dog that loves to bark and a child that loves to scream. 

Stuttgart suburbs here we come. I do hope we can be close to some type of public transportation. 

Stuttgart has the U-bahn (underground) and Stadtbahn Stuttgart (light rail), which gives us lots of options. There is also a bus system. I need to spend some time figuring out how it all connects but I am up to the challenge!

Here is a map of the U-bahn. B.'s potential school will be in Sindelfingen so we hope to focus our housing search there. 






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