Anecdotally, we found the midwest of America so much more relaxed then our home country of Australia. When we came here, I was amazed to see kids with no superv

Anecdotally, we found the midwest of America so much more relaxed then our home country of Australia. When we came here, I was amazed to see kids with no supervision roaming our inner-city neighbourhoods and playing like we did growing up. It was refreshing and nostalgic even when compared to Australia now where kids in the city are rarely seen even biking/walking to school due to safety concerns.