What Adults Lost When Kids Stopped Playing in the Street
In many ways, a world built for cars has made life so much harder for grown-ups.
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I mean i preferred the woods over streets. What are u gonna do in the street? Boring ass playground.
On your own they are. But together with friends I played loads of games on the street until it got dark
When we were kids, we put a couple of rocks on the floor to act as goal post on play football.
Or someone's flip-flops.
How to forget that everyone played barefoot on the asphalt. You didn't become a real kid until you miss the ball and kick the floor, popping up your toenail and coming back home bleeding everywhere.
From memories of my days playing in the road:
Throw a football, baseball (with tennis ball), street hockey, bmx racing around the block, 4 square, skateboarding.
curb corners act as bases for casual softball.
If we curb corners all the roads will be straight
Go back inside dad, we’re busy playing in the street.