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I come from a small town in Germany, and in those towns it was very popular to build those kinds of streets in the 80s and 90s (I think, probably still is). It
by elcapitan 9y ago
I come from a small town in Germany, and in those towns it was very popular to build those kinds of streets in the 80s and 90s (I think, probably still is). It was definitely nice not to have heavy traffic around. But the images in the article made me laugh. None of that stuff they show ever happened around where I lived. We kids played in the back yards and in the gardens, but not on the street.
- k__ 9y agoI come from a small german town too. In times of the skateboard hype, we certainly played on the street, mostly because you could ride it down, hehe.
- fnordian_slip 9y agoOf course this is all anecdotal, but in my small German town in the 90s we did play soccer on the streets. Well, we also played in the backyards and gardens, but soccer generally played in the streets where I come from. It was a town of less than 3000 inhabitants of course, and we would clear the street about every 10 minutes when a car would come through. I recently went back to visit my parents, and had to drive very slowly because a couple of children were playing on the streets in a neighboring village, so I guess it hasn't died out yet.