I think a lot of these replies are by 20-30 year olds with no kids who think that because they don’t see the same places where they hung out as kids mean they don’t exist for some reason.
Sure, malls don’t exist anymore. But a lot of the places you hung out as a kid was the park, spending a few bucks at a coffee shop, parking lots, libraries, hell, just plain-old wandering around sidewalks. The places you hung out at are “not there anymore” because they’re invisible now that you’re an adult.
I think this is it. Lemmy demographics skew a little older, but it probably looks more like reddit than an accurate representation of any population.
I’ve got kids, and there’s so much for them to do. I take them to the park, to local pools, to the arcade at the mall, to fast food play places, and to indoor parks. When the weather is nice our little street has like nine kids outside riding bikes all day.
I’m sure not every area is like this, but I’m also sure that not every area was like this when I was a kid.
I think a lot of these replies are by 20-30 year olds with no kids who think that because they don’t see the same places where they hung out as kids mean they don’t exist for some reason.
Sure, malls don’t exist anymore. But a lot of the places you hung out as a kid was the park, spending a few bucks at a coffee shop, parking lots, libraries, hell, just plain-old wandering around sidewalks. The places you hung out at are “not there anymore” because they’re invisible now that you’re an adult.
I think this is it. Lemmy demographics skew a little older, but it probably looks more like reddit than an accurate representation of any population.
I’ve got kids, and there’s so much for them to do. I take them to the park, to local pools, to the arcade at the mall, to fast food play places, and to indoor parks. When the weather is nice our little street has like nine kids outside riding bikes all day.
I’m sure not every area is like this, but I’m also sure that not every area was like this when I was a kid.
You realize unless it’s a specific business or a playground, you will probably have cops called on your kids for being a nuisance or you for “neglect”