L.A.
When we were house hunting a few years ago we had a hard time finding a house with all the bedrooms on the one level. We are upstairs and are kids are down. My son had a hard time adjusting. It is great now though,because most of the toys stay downstairs. I just have a monitor in my daughters room and can hear pretty much everything from downstairs through that. i dont think I could have done it if it was a walkout basement though. I would have had to get an alarm for the door I think. Good luck with the house hunting.