Remote work changed their lives. They’re not going back to the office

Re:Remote work changed their lives. They’re not going back t... by neural_thing on Saturday October 22, 2022 @12:48PM (#33299904)

I grew up in a big city (Moscow). I walked the streets alone and took the subway alone starting at the age of 12. I went to the playground outside of my apartment building alone starting at the age of... IDK, 5, maybe?

Did bad stuff happen occasionally? Yeah, I got robbed a couple of times, got into some fights, did some very dumb things myself, to be perfectly honest. But I feel like all of the bad stuff was a small price to pay for independence and street smarts.

Edit: one benefit of that is that as an adult, I've never felt unsafe walking the streets in the US in any neighborhood, now matter how bad its reputation is.

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Re:Remote work changed their lives. They’re not going back t... by andreygrehov on Saturday October 22, 2022 @01:04PM (#33300046)

I grew up in Odessa and had exactly the same experience as you. But I don't remember a single occasion when a kid would disappear. Later in life I moved to New York. I lived there for 10 years. AMBER alerts were a "normal" thing.

I'm not one of those paranoid parents, but there is a line when my gut feeling tells me: "no man, this is not safe".

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