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I live in an urbanized suburb (SFH, but 5 miles from a city core) and kids are out all the time. We have a few helicopter parents that feel the need to monitor

I live in an urbanized suburb (SFH, but 5 miles from a city core) and kids are out all the time. We have a few helicopter parents that feel the need to monitor their kids constantly, but for the most part, the parks, buses, restaurants, convenience stores, etc are all full of kids/teens. They don't even really cause trouble either. You'd think a group of teenage boys would be assholes, but nope, they just kind of mind their own business. Once you get to the cookie-cutter subdivisions in the far suburbs, that's when the kids all disappear. Part of it might be helicopter parenting, but I think it's caused mostly by a lack of any outdoor activities. Riding your bike means going to the next subdivision over. Repeat that a half-dozen times and you get to a heavily trafficked road that can be followed for a few miles to a strip mall with a Target. Even all of the nice parks in these places are only accessible via car -- surrounded on all sized by 4-6 lane traffic going 45+MPH.

sharadov 6y ago
Where is this, I want to move there!
- departure 6y ago
  It happens in my single-family home and duplex filled neighboorhood in urban Austin TX.
  - zrules 6y ago
    Can you say which neighborhood it is? If you’d rather not, can you recommend some neighborhoods? I’m considering moving the family to Austin but have mostly been only looking at the new suburb developments in the south- and northwest.
  - sharadov 6y ago
    Lovely, if you don't mind can you share the name of the neighborhood, looking at Austin as a potential place to move to.
- sharadov 6y ago
  Not sure why I was downvoted, this was a legitimate question.
- mywittyname 6y ago
  Cincinnati. The city is old enough that the inner suburbs were established largely before cars became common, so a lot of them are more pedestrian friendly. Granted, the city loses that midwestern economy when you get closer to the center. You either pay out the nose ($1MM+ is not unheard of) for a home close to the city, or you buy a dirt cheap house ($60k- is not unheard of) in a "rough" neighborhood.
  - sharadov 6y ago
    Thank you.

sharadov 6y ago

Where is this, I want to move there!

departure 6y ago
It happens in my single-family home and duplex filled neighboorhood in urban Austin TX.
- zrules 6y ago
  Can you say which neighborhood it is? If you’d rather not, can you recommend some neighborhoods? I’m considering moving the family to Austin but have mostly been only looking at the new suburb developments in the south- and northwest.
- sharadov 6y ago
  Lovely, if you don't mind can you share the name of the neighborhood, looking at Austin as a potential place to move to.
sharadov 6y ago
Not sure why I was downvoted, this was a legitimate question.
mywittyname 6y ago
Cincinnati. The city is old enough that the inner suburbs were established largely before cars became common, so a lot of them are more pedestrian friendly. Granted, the city loses that midwestern economy when you get closer to the center. You either pay out the nose ($1MM+ is not unheard of) for a home close to the city, or you buy a dirt cheap house ($60k- is not unheard of) in a "rough" neighborhood.
- sharadov 6y ago
  Thank you.