• Mika@piefed.ca
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    16 hours ago

    People definitely still do play in the streets. Maybe not in America though.

    • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 hours ago

      Not in poor america*

      Kids play in the streets all the time in cul de sacs in affluent suburbs with low car traffic

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        2 hours ago

        In poor America there aren’t enough cars to make it unsafe. You can bike up and down the road all day.

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      14 hours ago

      I grew up in America in the 90s. We always played in the streets. When a car came you yelled “car!” and everyone skedaddled to the side of the road until it passed. I still see kids playing in the streets occasionally, depending on the neighborhood.

    • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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      15 hours ago

      KIds and Adults play in the streets. “game off, game on”, are still in use. People will have a hoop set up at the curb. Maybe that’s just ‘small town’, but I’m talking neighborhood small streets, not major thoroughfares.