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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister lives in Manhattan and literally all the kids up until 7 or 8 ride in strollers to their neighborhood school. It’s just a fast and efficient way to walk to school. Kids walk some of the way but maybe hop in to eat or whatever or are running late. It looks totally bizarre to me because in my area (Arlington) you never see that past like going to the zoo for the day. So maybe she’s from NYC? Or another urban area where it’s common.[/quote]

I lived in Manhattan for 5 years and visit often I literally never saw an 8 year old in a stroller. That sounds completely absurd.  It's harder to push an 8 year old in a stroller down a Manhattan street than it is to walk with.  What neighborhood is that?  Must be the UES  :shock: [/quote]

I thought I remembered reading somewhere that the NYC subway system allows kids in strollers to ride for free--so a lot parents keep their kid in a stroller to avoid paying fare.[/quote]

Not true; kids are free until they are 48" tall.  Whether they are in a stroller has nothing to do with it, though I suppose if you have your 50" tall kid in one, they'd probably let you in without paying the fare.

Riding the subway is a reason we got rid of the stroller; getting the stroller in and out of the subway is a pain!  A lot of stations don't have elevators so you have to carry it up and down the stairs.  A couple times doing that and you'll be telling your kid to walk.  [/quote]

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