So, I wonder about things like:

[MineralMan]

Why is it that children in my urban neighborhood are outside playing, riding bikes on the sidewalks and streets, walking to the lake a few blocks away to go fishing, and doing all sorts of kid things like I used to do in my small town back in the 1950s. At the same time, why is it that you rarely if ever see kids out doing those kinds of things in affluent suburban neighborhoods?

Which neighborhoods are safer and inspire parents to let their children act like children, and which neighborhoods are full of fearful parents who keep their children indoors?

I wonder about things like that, sometimes.

[empedocles]

1. Some tricky decisions. We are there now.

[MineralMan]

2. You are where now?

I guess I'm not understanding your reply.

[empedocles]

3. 4 yr old grandchild. Even a small pod sharing arrangement is . . .

[JI7]

4. Becsuse many affluent people mostly go out to costly vacations

And anything else that involves spending money to be with others similar to them.

They avoid the freely available places that all types of people can go to .

[Srkdqltr]

5. I wonder about that too.

The neighborhoods with the biggest yards have fewest children playing. I guess their grass is too precious to walk or run on. Yah I know the grass.

[MineralMan]

6. I pretty much think it's a fear thing for the parents.

Many people have fled urban neighborhoods for the suburbs, believing that they will be more safe there. However, they still are fearful, even after relocating. What do they fear? The unknown, or something else that isn't actually a valid thing to fear.

Meanwhile, the kids in my neighborhood are outdoors anytime the weather is nice. Being kids.

[kimbutgar]

7. I grew up in a major city.

I played outside all the time and in my backyard that was filled with sand. I had friends I would visit In the suburbs and they were wilder than the kids I knew in the city. They smoked at younger ages and experimented with drugs. Because they lived in the suburbs heir parents didn’t keep as watchful eye on them as my parents did with me. I remember playing outside and my Mother coming out every 30 minutes. The suburb kids went hours without seeing their mothers.