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I occasionally drive by the elementary school I went to in the 1960s. Back then, everybody walked to school. The furthest house would've been maybe 1 mile away - an easy walk, even in freezing weather. And it's all on sidewalks.
Today? The district is pretty much the same size but everybody comes and goes in their parents' cars. So in the morning and when school's out, the police come and shut down a lane of traffic so the parents' cars can line up for 1/4 mile or more in front of the school. I don't get it. Is society really that much more dangerous that the kids can't safely walk or what?
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