People are paranoid for a variety of reasons about their kids. Also, culturally, parents don’t let kids walk home. When I was a kid in NYC only the kids bussed

People are paranoid for a variety of reasons about their kids. Also, culturally, parents don’t let kids walk home. When I was a kid in NYC only the kids bussed in from the hood had busses, the rest of us from the local neighborhood walked. State aid only reimburses for trips beyond a certain radius.