They still play those places. What has really happened is birth rates are down and so there are a lot more families without kids and so you don’t see nearly as many kids as you used to, but they’re still playing like they used to.
There’s still some but in many areas you will get the cops called on you for neglect if you let your kids go roam. The public park near me has “no unsupervised kids” signs and apply it anyone under the age of 17 (I don’t know why 17 and not 18 or 16). Kids absolutely can not go outside and play like they used to.
I also went back to visit where I grew up two years ago. The woods I used to go roam with friends is now a McDonald’s and a dollar store.
They still play those places. What has really happened is birth rates are down and so there are a lot more families without kids and so you don’t see nearly as many kids as you used to, but they’re still playing like they used to.
There’s still some but in many areas you will get the cops called on you for neglect if you let your kids go roam. The public park near me has “no unsupervised kids” signs and apply it anyone under the age of 17 (I don’t know why 17 and not 18 or 16). Kids absolutely can not go outside and play like they used to.
I also went back to visit where I grew up two years ago. The woods I used to go roam with friends is now a McDonald’s and a dollar store.
All this is anecdotal; my city’s population density has tripled since I was a kids, same area more people.
Car ownership back then was one or two cars power household, now it averages (mean) one car per bedroom per household.
So there could still be the same number of kids, but the volume of traffic is at least three times higher.
It’s going to be wildly different in different cities and different countries.
Yeah most of the kids grew up and can’t afford to move out so they just stay with their parents and get a car for themselves where I live
That and cars are far more affordable and available now (in real terms).