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How times have changed! When I was 5, I walked alone to kindergarten everyday. It was a half-mile away. All side-streets. Of course, that was back in the 19
by pravda 7y ago
How times have changed! When I was 5, I walked alone to kindergarten everyday.
It was a half-mile away. All side-streets.
Of course, that was back in the 1970's, when crime in the USA was but a fraction of what it is today! ;-)
- com2kid 7y agohttp://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm Crime rate in 1974 is higher than it is now. Crime rate in 1977 is 2x what it is now! America is remarkably safe, but safe doesn't drive views or click throughs, so it isn't exactly reported on.
- pravda 7y agoI know...it was a subtle joke. So many people consider the 50s,60s,70s idyllic, crime-free decades when children could safely walk across town and everyone knew their neighbors and nobody locked their doors. In reality, crime today is much lower.
- analog31 7y agoWhile I certainly acknowledge your data, one thing that's struck me is that the level of car traffic is higher, and faster. I don't know the stats, but when my kids were little, traffic worried me more than crime.
- com2kid 7y agoUgh, this I'll agree with. The street I grew up on is now packed with cars. Used to be we could run around with abandon, now days for some reason the off street parking and parking garages are both full, and with the same # of houses, people are now parking on the street, and cars are more frequent. Rather strange to be honest. :/ In areas with built up density it makes sense of course, more people and all that.
- analog31 7y agoThe neighborhood where I grew up, it was common to raise a family on one parent working a blue collar (union) job. Now that number is somewhere between 2 and 4 jobs per household. Also, there's a vicious circle, where people drive more because it's more dangerous, because there's more traffic. This is evident if you go past an elementary school in the morning.
- jessaustin 7y agoAargh! Is the wink sarcastic? I can't tell and it's killing me!