I don't think so. Suburbs are very child-unfriendly, for example, and this, I think, is one of the most important factors for the rise of socially maladjusted people. The capitalist economy is also much harder for people with children.
That's probably true these days. I grew up in a neighborhood, and it was just like the boomers say. Playing until the street lights came on, all the kids were close enough to my age... We played street hockey and skateboarded. Lots of neighborhood wide games of hide and seek. The neighbors mostly knew each other
Our lives were a little less atomized back then, and the economy wasn't completely soul crushing.
Inner ring or pre 1990s suburbs are pretty child friendly. I see kids about 8+ going to the park or 711 or whatever. The problem is you're not going to get a 3500 sq ft house on half an acre of unused land in these places and that's what people wanted up until fairly recently.
I don't think so. Suburbs are very child-unfriendly, for example, and this, I think, is one of the most important factors for the rise of socially maladjusted people. The capitalist economy is also much harder for people with children.
That's probably true these days. I grew up in a neighborhood, and it was just like the boomers say. Playing until the street lights came on, all the kids were close enough to my age... We played street hockey and skateboarded. Lots of neighborhood wide games of hide and seek. The neighbors mostly knew each other
Our lives were a little less atomized back then, and the economy wasn't completely soul crushing.
Inner ring or pre 1990s suburbs are pretty child friendly. I see kids about 8+ going to the park or 711 or whatever. The problem is you're not going to get a 3500 sq ft house on half an acre of unused land in these places and that's what people wanted up until fairly recently.