[Someone1234]

That sounds fantastic, unfortunately I'd worry about the financial liability.

Even using age appropriate play equipment and a soft-fall surface, you'd likely still wind up getting sued if a kid broke an arm or worse.

Some quick Googling suggests you'd need to have the playground owned by an LLC and get it "commercial business insurance" specifically commercial playground insurance.

The problem with that is that you likely aren't zoned for commercial, so running a "commercial" (even free) playground from a residential property is unlawful.

And you can put up an "at your own risk" sign but given attractive nuisance doctrine it likely wouldn't protect you from full liability.

Then on top of that, if the playground was too popular, or some of the kids caused issues near by neighbours likely would complain.

I know I sound like a complete grinch. I think it is a fantastic idea. Just the more I consider it, the more issues and expenses crop up.

[Negitivefrags]

This comment is a grim reflection on the downfall of western civilization. I don't think society can recover from this level of evil bureaucracy that seems to have taken root.

[secfirstmd]

Yeh. Here in Dublin, even in my inner city area which occasionally has some traffic. Parents just put out traffic cones reminding people to slow down. Small goalposts, chalk drawings on the road, skipping ropes come out as soon as the sun does.

[xkcd-sucks]

This is solved by making friends with all your neighbors and your kids' friends' parents-- Then, when they do something bad, you ban only their kids from your yard (e.g. they can't play with their friends), and tell the neighborhood parents that someone is threatening the free communal play area

[closeparen]

Then don’t run a private playground. Advocate for public parks.

[barry-cotter]

Don’t be the change you want to see in the world. Get into politics instead.

[closeparen]

Public infrastructure and services are important responsibilities of local government. We should not be relying on people to offer up their homes as parks - let’s build some damn parks. Then the cost, liability, maintenance burdens can be appropriately shared.