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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is your child, pp? My older two have all those freedoms in NYC where we currently live. The older has been taking the subway alone since she was 12 and goes out with her friends all the time. Even my 8yo goes to the park across the street from our home alone to play with other kids. [/quote]

I posted about enjoying the freedom my 8 year old experienced when visiting friends in Singapore. We lived in NYC before our current city and still have many friends there. She was 7 on our last trip to Singapore, which is definitely WAY younger than the age at which I would let her do any of those solo things in NYC.

To me, the biggest differences in safety between Singapore and NYC is that you simply don’t have the random crazies, nor people who intimidate for fun and sport on streets/transit, and neighborhoods are less variable, so you can be a visitor in a modest or shabby Singapore neighborhood that you’re unfamiliar with and still be safe. It takes way more thought (and/or money!) to stay safe as a kid or woman in NYC.[/quote]

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