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[quote=Anonymous]I lived in a residential part of a medium sized city, it was a “bad” area but that just meant a lot of my neighborhood friends had druggie parents with no supervision. My mom was a sahm 80s style so probably neglectful by today’s standards but was attentive by 80s standards so probably perfect balance so I felt loved yet still gained independence. So I ran around on my bike with the pack of neighborhood kids, we went to the public pool which was walking/bike distance and lots of parks, we had a park program that (and still does here) did afternoon crafts and activities so we did that a lot.

I usually did swim lessons and library (I was a big reader) summer reading program. By 11 I took the city bus around.

Family wise we usually had driving trips involving seeing family or camping. My parents had a lot of friends so there was always evening hangouts with their friends kids.

Teen years I got a job but less running around before I started driving, bc we moved to the suburbs when I was 13 and people there just weren’t like city kids. But I had neighborhood friends and I bussed into the city by myself a lot to go to used bookstores.

Honestly - my kids childhood has been pretty similar. Other than they aren’t readers, sadly and they’ve never had to live in the burbs.

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