There's similar issues in the UK. Kids used to ride bikes in the park, play football, and everyone knew everyone on the housing estates...and more importantly people looked out for each other.
These days you can still go to the park and young families still do during the day on the weekends but there's much less football, bike riding and people outside generally - particularly as it gets dark. Much more likely to encounter something drug related, get mugged for your phone, stabbed or something else. So you look at that, then you look at Netflix and just cut your losses if you're growing up now I think. Better to be safe than dead.
Sad, isn't it?
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