My earliest memories are of Parma, Ohio, just outside Cleveland. We were within three blocks of a grocery store, a bakery, a library, school, a five-and-dime.

My earliest memories are of Parma, Ohio, just outside Cleveland. We were within three blocks of a grocery store, a bakery, a library, school, a five-and-dime. Even in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, a block west of Lakewood, one could walk to stores and a library. A mall was something of a hike (one or one and a half miles), but the sight of teenage pedestrians didn't scare anyone