Wicker Park曾以周末夜店文化和复古店铺闻名，如今街景明显转向城市育儿：托幼机构人员带着蹒跚学步的幼儿在街区穿行，昂贵婴儿车和儿童自行车拖车随处可见，周末精酿酒吧里父亲群体聚集。老旧“潮流”符号并未完全消失，但核心变化是高消费能力家庭把中心城区重新定义为养育空间。

在2010年至2024年间，芝加哥、洛杉矶和纽约18岁以下人口分别下降22%、23%和12%，但在高密度富裕城市，白人富裕家庭却与这一趋势背道而驰。芝加哥非西班牙裔白人儿童增长6%，华盛顿特区增长62%；布鲁克林白人儿童增长13%，其占比由2010年的三分之一升至逾五分之一？更正为“逾三分之二?” hold check.

更精确是从三分之一到超过五分之二；而Wicker Park两个邮政编码区的白人儿童分别增长了39%和94%，说明这种集中式增长具有明显地理聚焦。文章还指出，2010年布鲁克林低于1万美元家庭多于2万美元以上家庭，至2024年高收入家庭几乎以近两倍优势反超，高校私立学校入学率上升47%，共同显示可支付城市育儿成本的群体在扩张。

Wicker Park was once known for weekend nightlife and vintage stores, but the streets now feature children-care workers, expensive strollers, baby bike trailers, and father-heavy craft-brewery scenes that mark an upscale family turn. The old hip markers remain, yet the center of gravity has shifted from youth nightlife to childbearing households with strong purchasing power.

From 2010 to 2024, citywide youth under 18 fell in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York by 22%, 23%, and 12% respectively, while wealthier non-Hispanic white families moved against the decline in dense, affluent cities. Chicago’s non-Hispanic white children rose 6%, Washington, D.C.’s rose 62%, and in Brooklyn white children rose 13% as their share moved from one-third to more than two-fifths, with Wicker Park’s two zip codes up 39% and 94%.

In Brooklyn, families earning under $10,000 outnumbered those over $200,000 in 2010, but by 2024 the over-$200,000 group was nearly two to one ahead, while San Francisco private-school enrollment rose 47%. Demographers say these parents have children later and therefore have higher incomes, increasing demand for selective public schools and pricier homes, and despite pandemic-related city flight, the trend likely persists as crime declines and remote work recedes.

Source: City parenting has become a financial flex

Subtitle: The wealthiest neighbourhoods are defying suburbanisatio

Dateline: 5月 07, 2026 06:28 上午 | CHICAGO