Re:Kids need freedom, too
by mulmen on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @05:22PM
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I don’t think this is an absolute. I grew up in a neighborhood that provided what you describe in Idaho. Both my brothers are raising their kids in an environment like you describe. I live in one in Seattle now. It’s not cheap in a city but it’s not unheard of in the US.
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Re:Kids need freedom, too
by mips_avatar on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @05:59PM
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I don’t think Seattle does a great job of this either. The eastside is a suburban sprawl, and most of the parents I know in Seattle are too afraid of the homeless to let their kids go to parks/stores nearby alone.
The East side isn’t Seattle. If you want to include suburbs you also need to include Shoreline and Burien.
It depends a lot on your neighborhood. Mine is nice and I see kids running around the neighborhood regularly.
As I mentioned this is definitely a thing in Idaho. My brothers and sister all have families and live in areas where kids can have freedom in the neighborhood but away from home.