Actually due to a confluence of events the place we chose was the best deal we found. The decision was based on cost (not trendiness)

Regarding schools, school catchment is based on an esoteric lottery system loosely related to the area you place you live. If you have money, there are ways to game the system but otherwise it’s a low probability roll of the dice that you get a good school. Also, I didn’t have money

Also, Day cares generally have a waitlist that starts before children are born.

It’s interesting you feel you can judge the type of person I am almost no information. The internet makes everyone overfit their priors.