In the 80s my mom would give me dollar to go buy milk from the store two blocks away. Then I was taught to use a pay phone and go to the local grocer 3 blocks a

In the 80s my mom would give me dollar to go buy milk from the store two blocks away. Then I was taught to use a pay phone and go to the local grocer 3 blocks away. Then I walked to school a mile away. Then I learned to use the bus and I would take myself to the municipal library to read, I have no idea how far it was, but I needed a quarter. The bus driver would change me a dime and a nickel, so I used the dime to get home. We moved out of Omaha in the fall of my fifth grade year. I checked, their crime rate was 3x higher at the time than where we raised our kids. They were barely allowed to walk the six doors to school. Crazy.