Why are Canadian playgrounds so 1950s retro?

[Anonymous]

Vancouver is more Chinese than representative of Canada. Whole lot of Chinese money has been laundered in "British" Columbia - more like Chinese Columbia. Chinese youth working in USA-leaning factories in China sacrificed like slaves so that your kids could enjoy themselves in Vancouver. If you want to do something about it then support Trump's tariffs.

[Anonymous]

My inlaws live in the rust belt here in America and they have awful city playgrounds. I didn't know that metal slides still existed. Even my 2 year old was easily bored. The playground was seriously one slide, one monkey bars and a fireman's pole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My inlaws live in the rust belt here in America and they have awful city playgrounds. I didn't know that metal slides still existed. Even my 2 year old was easily bored. The playground was seriously one slide, one monkey bars and a fireman's pole.

What does your 2 year old need to entertain himself?

[Anonymous]

I love canadian playgrounds. Reminds me of playgrounds from my child hood in the late 80s and early 90s. Canadian kids play hockey, they are tough because of those playgrounds.

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Anonymous wrote:Kind of funny because I think this area (I'm in NOVA) has crummy parks compared to where I'm from in Florida. We had tons and tons of great parks, splash pads and creative play places. Even clemijontri or the water mine can't compare at all.

Agree. When we visit Florida I notice many nice playgrounds and public pools and children's museums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My inlaws live in the rust belt here in America and they have awful city playgrounds. I didn't know that metal slides still existed. Even my 2 year old was easily bored. The playground was seriously one slide, one monkey bars and a fireman's pole.

What does your 2 year old need to entertain himself?

Swings, climbing structures and creative structures. I’ve noticed at our favorite playground all of the kids like the castle more than anything else. It was a jail one day and a zoo the next.

My toddler couldn’t do the monkey bars or fireman’s pole.

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Anonymous wrote:Old playgrounds were a lot more fun, I will say. A nice slick metal slide, real jungle gyms, see-saws, merry go rounds.

+1

I'll bet Canadians aren't as lawsuit happy as American's are. I played on all of the above as a kids, didn't have rubber or even mulch below it and survived.

Our elementary school had a tall set of monkey bars bolted to the asphalt. In retrospect, it's amazing that I can only think of one kid who broke his arm on that thing.

You're right, though, that plastic slides can't compare to the speed you get on a good polished-metal slide. Of course, they also can't match the pain of bare legs hitting one of those things on a sunny day in mid-summer!

Cabin John has a short metal slide. My kids have learned to tuck their legs up when they slide. However, that didn't keep my 5 year old from splitting his chin open on the edge a few days ago when he tried to climb up it. Probably wouldn't have happened on a plastic slide. Ah well. We've all been there and I get to test out my dermatologist's recommendation to keep it moist and covered to avoid scarring.

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Anonymous wrote:We were in Toronto earlier this summer and we found a great little playground that my kids loved. It looked new and had a merry-go-round/round about that my kids loved and is harder to find in the US.

Toronto area is a lot richer than Quebec in general, even Montreal. It's like saying they have awesome playgrounds in the Bay Area and outdated ones in NE Ohio.

ne ohio accessible park, lol

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Anonymous wrote:Just got back from Quebec and still have not gotten over how unsafe Canada is regarding young children.

You went to one Province and think the entire country does the same thing?

Ok.

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Anonymous wrote:Just got back from Quebec and still have not gotten over how unsafe Canada is regarding young children.

Oh Lordy, crazy nut on sight.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My inlaws live in the rust belt here in America and they have awful city playgrounds. I didn't know that metal slides still existed. Even my 2 year old was easily bored. The playground was seriously one slide, one monkey bars and a fireman's pole.

What does your 2 year old need to entertain himself?

An iPad

[Anonymous]

Generalizing much? I work in a poor neighborhood in Montreal and here's what the three closest playgrounds look like. So glad our arrondissement started using German and Danish design for our playing infrastructure instead of the traditional plastic play structures.

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Ha.. I’m Canadian, and our playground is circa 1993.

We’re not as unsafe as you think. For example, we have gun laws and universal healthcare.

911, I'd like to report a murder.

Or a sick burn!

[Anonymous]

Assuming we're just talking about something like... a metal slide, monkey bars, etc., those things are probably better for kids than the same-same plastic bubble stuff we have here. Kids adjust their play based on risk. It's fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Old playgrounds were a lot more fun, I will say. A nice slick metal slide, real jungle gyms, see-saws, merry go rounds.

Exactly. Fun playgrounds, RECESS time at school , universal healthcare and gun laws - we’re moving!!