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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in florida now and the playgrounds here are amazing. Used to be in DC, and the playgrounds there are decent and hit or miss.  Family in canada and the playgrounds are mixed - some new and some super old retro, metal slides, etc that you don't see in DC and certainly not in Florida.

My theories that explain the slowness in updating canadian playgrounds:

- weather:  [b]Playgrounds are used less of the year than in DC, and certainly less than florida.[/b]  Florida has amazing playgrounds with awesome splash pads all over the place, because they legitimately get used year round.  In DC, we used our playground for a solid 9 months of the year. So long as there is no snow, you can use the playground for much of the year in DC because it's not unusual to have 40' weather in December.  But there are 4-5 months in canada where you're not using the playground - just too cold.

- Playgrounds last longer in canada - because they're used less of the year, and because the elements wear them down less.  Playgrounds in florida basically disintegrate in the weather here.  In Canada, you've got metal playgrounds from 1975 that are still in decent shape.  Those things would have rusted through to nothing in florida.  So why replace the canadian ones.

- Less torts and lawsuits in canada.  Need i say more. [/quote]

Florida is boiling HOT most of the year.  I can guarantee you there are no kids at your neighborhood playground right now.  Maybe in January or February.  But most months?  No.

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DP, but the playground in my parents neighborhood in Orlando is covered.  There are trees around and the play area has a mesh covering under the trees.  If it is raining lightly, then you don't feel the rain and it keeps some shade and the direct sunlight off of the play equipment.  It has mixed metal and plastic equipment and is updated.  My kids have gone there in the heat of summer and it's 10 degrees or so cooler than out in the sunlight and we have enjoyed the playground equipment there without any problem.[/quote]

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