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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the best area? What intersection did they actually cross?  And which park were they going to? I live close to this area.  There is no crossing along Georgia near downtown SS that is dangerous from a mugging perspective.  Except maybe late at night with no one around, and that can be true anywhere.  [/quote]

New PP who works in downtown SS and lived here previously. I would not worry about muggings. I would worry--a lot--about traffic in this area. To say drivers are inconsiderate is putting it mildly. I'd be afraid they would not even see that 6-year-old.

I don't think the law should have gotten involved. I do think the parents are dumb to have let them navigate these particular streets. And I get really, really irritated when this story is reprinted elsewhere accompanied by a stock photo of a kid with his backpack, strolling down a sylvan pathway free of cars. That's not the terrain these kids were on.[/quote]

You do realize in NYC kids in 3rd grade and up walk to the subway and then take the subway to school.  Kids 2nd grade and under get a free subway pass for mom/dad/caregiver.  But somehow they manage it just fine.  [/quote]

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