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History is quite clear about immigrant neighborhoods in large cities retaining many of the social practices of their homelands. I'm vaguely aware of stories ab
by bell-cot 2y ago
History is quite clear about immigrant neighborhoods in large cities retaining many of the social practices of their homelands.
I'm vaguely aware of stories about young children in huge Japanese (& maybe Chinese) cities having similar independence, and of the "Old Enough!" Japanese reality show...but perhaps other HNer's could speak to that.
- 082349872349872 2y agoI know a couple of local families where the parents went to the US for school or work but came back when they wanted to start a family because doing so someplace where kids aren't expected to independently get around at 6 seemed suboptimal.