The playground nearest my home is brand new and has a merry go round, swings, and metal monkey bars. And I live in Canada, which modern political discourse has

The playground nearest my home is brand new and has a merry go round, swings, and metal monkey bars. And I live in Canada, which modern political discourse has decried as a communist dictatorship. If anything, there has been a shift away from the overly-kiddy playgrounds of the late '90s/early-'00s into playgrounds that allow kids to embrace their desire for mayhem. Heights may still be disappointingly low, but otherwise there's plenty of tools for kids to spin themselves sick. One of the larger playgrounds in my city has a gigantic teeter totter that support a dozen kids crammed onto the platforms on each side, which is AFAIK a new invention. It also sports a pump track for adventurous kids on bikes.