[lbo-talk] Race to Nowhere | Slate

[Dissenting Wren]

Same story here in Chicago.  We're lucky to live in a building that acquired the 
neighboring lot years ago (when a frat house burned down!) that now serves as a 
back yard.  There are 7-8 post-toddler/pre-teen kids in the building who play in 
the back all the time.  I don't spend much time in the 'burbs now so I don't 
know what it's like there, but when I grew up in the 'burbs we were outside 
playing all the time.  (Shit, that was forty years ago.  Tempus fugit...)  If 
this generation of 'burb kids has really lost the impulse or ability to run 
outside and fucking play then...shit, words fail me.

----- Original Message ----
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 2:18:44 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Race to Nowhere | Slate

On May 2, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Mark Bennett wrote:


> Do kids still play?  I haven't any myself, so I don't know.  I certainly
> don't see kids playing anywhere in my daily travels.  You don't even see
> kids riding bikes very much.

You do in Brooklyn. Ours plays and rides his bike. The neighborhood playgrounds 
are full. But I think it's a different story in the suburbs.

Doug
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