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Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by jriot on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:36PM (#18982606)
While a low probability to fine someone who did, I did grow-up on island in Alaska (Kodiak) with endless (well up to the ocean) of forests, mountains, and rivers to explore right outside my backyard.
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Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by tropo on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @07:21PM (#18984740)
I nearly ended up living there. It's a place that actually is unsafe:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodiak_bear

I suppose that the situation is fine once you and several friends are old enough to bring a couple rifles with .300 Winchester Magnum or better.

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Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by DanBC on Thursday January 24, 2019 @02:35AM (#18986698)
The risk to children in Alaska is of abuse from their family, not the wildlife.
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Re:Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime by jriot on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @08:56PM (#18985324)
Kodiak bears are pretty rare to see. Saw one in my 6 years living there. I heard plenty mountain biking, but they don't bother you as you aren't a predator nor their prey.
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