Malls, Chuck-E-Cheese, walkable neighborhoods and main streets, a lot of diners and such have been shut down in the past half century. Cities have kind of restructured around increased industry and productivity.
Parks are making a comeback, though, I hear.
EDIT: OH, and LIBRARIES. For clear reasons conservatives the world over are trying tk dismantle public libraries.
Parks aren’t even always useful, as they require driving to. And worst of all, most cities dictate only allow park use during daylight hours because they want to keep the homeless away.
Malls, Chuck-E-Cheese, walkable neighborhoods and main streets, a lot of diners and such have been shut down in the past half century. Cities have kind of restructured around increased industry and productivity.
Parks are making a comeback, though, I hear.
EDIT: OH, and LIBRARIES. For clear reasons conservatives the world over are trying tk dismantle public libraries.
You forgot construction sites, drainage gullies, and random patches of forest.
Oh, and the middle of corn fields. That’s where Amish kids would go to party in my day. They had the best weed.
Parks aren’t even always useful, as they require driving to. And worst of all, most cities dictate only allow park use during daylight hours because they want to keep the homeless away.
I think that’s precisely the issue. They should be more accessible to everyone, particularly on foot.
This is an American problem that is not applicable to other parts of the world
Chuck e cheese still exists. They look more like a Dave and busters inside though
Here in Portland, I’m not sure that the city and suburbs were any more walkable in the past than they are today.