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My friends and I rode our bikes in a several mile radius around my suburban home when I was ~10 in the mid 2000’s. I never see kids doing stuff like that anymor

My friends and I rode our bikes in a several mile radius around my suburban home when I was ~10 in the mid 2000’s. I never see kids doing stuff like that anymore. Makes me really sad that they’re missing out on something that I still cherish the memory of today. But also maybe kids just enjoy different things nowadays

milkytron 4y ago
I did the same thing, and we would go miles just to see if other friends were home and increase the size of our bike group before going to Dairy Queen or a local pizza shop and hanging out there. > But also maybe kids just enjoy different things nowadays I think this may be true, but also I think parents might find it easier to let their kid play video games in their room where they think they are safe compared to letting them roam around unsupervised. I had friends whose parents thought we were bad kids because we wouldn't know where would go that day, so when they asked "where are you going" and we said "idk, to the creek or pizza or wherever we find interesting" they would think we were up to no good since we didn't have a plan.
xkcd-sucks 4y ago
Likewise - Similar age, time, and place. My parent were vocally concerned about the danger of cars, as it's a Northeast US town with narrow winding roads, but the only rule was to be back before dark or call them to pick me up. The funny thing is back then there were no sidewalks or shoulders at all, and kids biked everywhere until old and lucky enough to drive. Now, there are extensive sidewalks on all the main roads, but the only people using them are middle aged dog walkers.
gregoryl 4y ago
Our instructed range limit was a couple of km's, but the practical limit was a calculated "when the streetlights come on, can I ride home fast enough that mom won't suspect". Sadly never crossed my mind to figure out what time the lights turned on, and expand my radius further.

milkytron 4y ago

I did the same thing, and we would go miles just to see if other friends were home and increase the size of our bike group before going to Dairy Queen or a local pizza shop and hanging out there. > But also maybe kids just enjoy different things nowadays I think this may be true, but also I think parents might find it easier to let their kid play video games in their room where they think they are safe compared to letting them roam around unsupervised. I had friends whose parents thought we were bad kids because we wouldn't know where would go that day, so when they asked "where are you going" and we said "idk, to the creek or pizza or wherever we find interesting" they would think we were up to no good since we didn't have a plan.

xkcd-sucks 4y ago

Likewise - Similar age, time, and place. My parent were vocally concerned about the danger of cars, as it's a Northeast US town with narrow winding roads, but the only rule was to be back before dark or call them to pick me up. The funny thing is back then there were no sidewalks or shoulders at all, and kids biked everywhere until old and lucky enough to drive. Now, there are extensive sidewalks on all the main roads, but the only people using them are middle aged dog walkers.

gregoryl 4y ago

Our instructed range limit was a couple of km's, but the practical limit was a calculated "when the streetlights come on, can I ride home fast enough that mom won't suspect". Sadly never crossed my mind to figure out what time the lights turned on, and expand my radius further.