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"A kid in a town/city has access to a billion opportunities many of which exist only because there are enough people interested." Most of those opportunities i
by lukan 7mo ago
"A kid in a town/city has access to a billion opportunities many of which exist only because there are enough people interested."
Most of those opportunities involve getting hit by a car.
- adrianN 7mo agoCars in rural settings are generally faster and more indispensable for their owners. It is much easier to enact policy that reduces car traffic in cities than in villages.
- lukan 7mo agoI see. Have you lived with kids in a village and also in cities to see the difference in reality? I did and am moving back to the village now.
- adrianN 7mo agoI grew up in a city and my wife grew up in a village. We now live in a city and don’t own a car.
- lukan 7mo agoBut you don't have kids yet? It makes a pretty big difference. Yes, the opportunities in the city are bigger for everything, but so are the dangers. The amount of crazy people. The effort involved in getting to a nice and safe place where the kids can just run around without you having to watch them every second. Those places also exist in some cities, but way too few. So great that you don't have a car, (I mean it) car free places in cities I do enjoy, there are just not many of them.
- adrianN 7mo agoI have two three year olds. Parks where they can run around with relaxed supervision are not far. A big park is close enough that they can walk the distance and in less than half an hour by bike we can reach a forest and four or five other parks.
- troupo 7mo agoYou can always spot an American by statements like this. It's not a slight against you personally. It's a reflection of how completely dysfunctional United States are.
- lukan 7mo agoWell, I am european though and never have been to the US.
- troupo 7mo agoThen your reply "Most of those opportunities involve getting hit by a car." is somewhat weird. This wasn't the case even in my own backwards country of Moldova in the 90s, after the fall of Soviet Union, much less today, when people are noticeably more civilized.
- lukan 7mo agoToday are way more cars on the streets than in the 90s in a former east block state.
- troupo 7mo ago1. The people actually obey rules (e.g. they actually let people pass at pedestrian crossings, something unheard of all the way into the 2000s). In general road accidents are decreasing. 2. Still doesn't support your "Most of those opportunities involve getting hit by a car."
- lukan 7mo agoWould you let a small kid run around where cars drive?