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Yes, but fewer people are having children, which reduces the demand for suburban living. The suburbs also have less attraction for me as a parent. In the old d
by notauser 8y ago
Yes, but fewer people are having children, which reduces the demand for suburban living.
The suburbs also have less attraction for me as a parent. In the old days you could let your kids roam a suburb freely - now you can't. So why not live in a city? You have the same restrictions, but also a lot more distractions such as free museums.
- clavalle 8y agoWhy can't you let your kids roam in a suburb?
- Steltek 8y agoI suppose my kids could technically "roam" but they won't have anywhere to go that's interesting. Most kids can't even walk or bike to school in the suburbs.
- brightball 8y agoInteresting is also very different for a kid. Kids get interested in bugs, the woods, forts, climbing on trees.
- vkou 8y agoIn the suburbs I've lived in, there are no forts, woods, or trees that you can climb, without being told off by whomever owns the property the tree is on.
- clavalle 8y agoAhh. I'm lucky enough that my kids have some trails, two parks, a lake, a water park etc. within walking/biking distance to roam to. Not to mention friends' yards. And roam they do.
- village-idiot 8y agoThere’s an increasing social pressure since the 1980s to supervise children at all times because of “stranger danger”. Parents have had the cops called on them for letting their kids play in the yard. Nothing structural has changed about letting kids roam, but the social side has.
- SauciestGNU 8y agoBusybodies who call the cops when they see children without a nearby supervising adult?
- TylerE 8y agoStatistically, it is much safer to let your kids roam today than it was 30 years ago. Violent crimes are down quite a lot across the board.
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- chrissnell 8y agoMy kids roam freely every day in our suburb. They are 6 and 3 years old. Suburbs like mine are awesome: most residential streets here have no outlets and don't have a lot of car traffic as a result. My boys have friends up and down the block and we know everybody in every house on the street. It's a fantastic way for kids to grow up.