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by WarOnPrivacy 5 hours ago
> it would be great if they cared as much about the safety of kids in the streets

car culture < childhood

This isn't a cynically curated viewpoint. It's some* of what we have and what that cost.

* we also have trespassing culture & stranger-danger culture. we ruined roaming and the childhood development it nurtured.
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petermcneeley 4 hours ago
You think there wernt cars when I was a kid? I lived in the subs. Kid utopia!

Can you imagine bringing up cars in this thread?

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WarOnPrivacy 4 hours ago
> You think there wernt cars when I was a kid? I lived in the subs. Kid utopia!

I believe you. I'm likely older than you, so there were even fewer cars when I was a kid. I'm confident my utopia was even better than yours.

Between then and now we have a gradient of loss. My kids grew up under 24/7 adulting and had nowhere to go.

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petermcneeley 3 hours ago
"My kids grew up under 24/7 adulting and had nowhere to go."

Yes but this has nothing to do with cars. What are you even protecting kids from anyway?

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WarOnPrivacy 58 minutes ago
>> "My kids grew up under 24/7 adulting and had nowhere to go."

> Yes but this has nothing to do with cars. What are you even protecting kids from anyway?

It has everything to do with cars. Once my kids cross the yard, in all directions are the risk from cars, the risk of trespassing charges and that's about it.

In a few generations, kids went from countless square miles of free roam area to the few sq ft of their own property.

ref: https://old.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/v8cyi7/map_compar...

> What are you even protecting kids from anyway?

Their reality is their reality. I didn't create it.

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