A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on reality TV

Re:A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on realit... by freyr on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @06:56PM (#31104119)

> Would you send your 5 year old self down the streets of San Francisco or Seattle

No.

And I would avoid raising my kids there to begin with. Those two cities in particular have done everything within their means to alienate families.

I get that some parents believe that exposing their kids to people living in squalor on the street due to mental illness or addiction is an enriching cultural experience, and maybe it is. But I’m going to pass on that.

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Re:A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on realit... by abrahamepton on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @07:11PM (#31104249)

Lol. I live in Seattle, with a kid, on a block with tons of kids, in a neighborhood with tons of kids. It's fine. Seriously. It's great, actually.

WTF are you talking about.

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Re:A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on realit... by wolverine876 on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @08:19PM (#31104716)

In my experience, the people with the horror stories and most extreme opinions are the people with the least experience. (Same thing with race.)

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Re:A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on realit... by freyr on Thursday April 21, 2022 @01:59PM (#31112956)

You’re right, Seattle is much more livable for families. My perspective is from SF, and it adopts similar policies as Seattle (which is why I unfairly lumped the two together) but SF has implemented them with much worse effect. I think it’s partly because SF is more compressed and usually lacks clear boundaries between neighborhoods that are good for families and those that aren’t, with a couple exceptions (e.g. Noe Valley).

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