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Don't forget about how it develops isolated and street-naive teenagers in the suburbs who are completely unable to go anywhere interesting without a parent till
by skywhopper 13y ago
Don't forget about how it develops isolated and street-naive teenagers in the suburbs who are completely unable to go anywhere interesting without a parent till they're 16 (or older in many jurisdictions where the driving age has been creeping up and rules disallow teenagers from giving each other rides). Remember the woman who let her 10 year old take a city bus to school and back in NYC (something which most any 10 year old can master after one ride) and got accosted on network TV for her carelessness?
- mjklin 13y ago"Any escape might help to soothe / The unattractive truth / That the suburbs have no charms to soothe / The restless dreams of youth... " - Rush, "Subdivisions"
- Shivetya 13y agostreet naive or in a street gang is you will. Sorry, but your teenie being able to get anywhere easily on their own is not always a great solution. Lack of safe affordable housing drove many into the burbs, the gated communities that some became merely copied the gated buildings some lived in. Many cities are not walkable at all, they are far too large to be so. Sure some have subways or the like, but going by my friends account its an hour by train on good days to and from work. Most of his friends bring their lunches because local eateries are not a good use of money on a day to day basis. As for walking, yeah if the weather permits it.