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Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by kasey_junk on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @09:17AM (#20624855)
It is incredibly common for kids to be alone in cities in the US. I can look out my window right now and see 2 children playing in a park with no supervision.

On my train commute every morning there were school children who get off at my stop because it’s where their school is. Their rides happen at reduced fares as well.

The trope rings very false to me and seems to be about one particular demographic (white and suburban).

If there is an increase in over watching our children it’s because we’ve over indexed on cars, not the reverse.

Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by mcv on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @10:47AM (#20625605)
There have also been cases where families were threatened with/by CPS for letting their children outside without supervision. It's good to know that attitude is not universal, but it does occur.
Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality by tptacek on Sunday August 11, 2019 @11:58AM (#20668694)
Those cases are newsworthy, because they are newsworthy.