> There are definitely more parks geared towards kids in suburbia today vs. 30-40 years ago.
And more houses built too far to be within casual walking distance from them.
There's also the thing where one reachable park is a poor replacement for the ~360° of direction I (all of us) could set out in, reaching hundreds of possible destinations. Most of that travel had low risk of adult interference. Most of those options were available to us kids, beginning at a young age.
All of that was unavailable to my kids and their generation.
And more houses built too far to be within casual walking distance from them.
There's also the thing where one reachable park is a poor replacement for the ~360° of direction I (all of us) could set out in, reaching hundreds of possible destinations. Most of that travel had low risk of adult interference. Most of those options were available to us kids, beginning at a young age.
All of that was unavailable to my kids and their generation.