tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post5958589084442047413..comments2024-01-05T14:03:34.310-05:00Comments on CityKin: Private Yards vs SocializationCityKinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068481950069401281noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post-39819539711460297432009-03-09T14:21:00.000-04:002009-03-09T14:21:00.000-04:00Guess I had the best of both worlds growing up in ...Guess I had the best of both worlds growing up in Oakley. We had fairly sizable back and front yards -- maybe smaller than some in the suburbs, but they felt big enough for a kid -- as well as a walkable neighborhood. <BR/><BR/>And as some of the commenters on that article note, views about acceptable amounts of freedom for kids have changed a lot in a generation. I was allowed to go down to Oakley Square by myself at around age seven, could walk or bike to Hyde Park Plaza (about a mile) by nine, could take the bus to downtown Cincinnati by myself to go to the library and shop by age twelve. This was in the early 1980s, and I don't get the sense my parents were unusually free or lax, as my friends had comparable freedoms. I don't have kids, but I do get the sense from media and people I know with kids that this would be unusual today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782792124434572025.post-2707220204245385532009-03-08T23:07:00.000-04:002009-03-08T23:07:00.000-04:00Thanks for linking to that article.Curious that th...Thanks for linking to that article.<BR/><BR/>Curious that the divide here is not so much downtown/suburb but any town/exurb. It makes me think of, say, Blue Ash and West Chester. They may attract the same sort of "family values" crowd, but Blue Ash is much more walkable (or at least bikeable) than West Chester. In Blue Ash, you can't get farther than two miles from a shopping area, and that's two flat bikeable miles on residential streets and sidewalks. Does West Chester even have sidewalks?<BR/><BR/>I suppose when I buy a house, it will have to be an older one. Because most houses made after 1990 seem to be in areas that may only be called "developments" because they lack the life of actual neighborhoods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com