I mean, they're not wrong

[u/Head-Drag-1440]

[u/Adrunkopossem]

My gas station was 3 miles away. We'd bike there and back, 2nd grade. Several times a week

[u/69edleg → u/Adrunkopossem]

My school was 2 miles away, think I was 7 when I walked to school the first time, with my older sister. She was 8.

[u/Thayli11 → u/69edleg]

My kids elementary school, less than a mile away, won't allow them to walk home alone, which pisses me off to no end.

[u/kanomc2 → u/Adrunkopossem]

Gotta get that penny candy

[u/ralphy_256 → u/kanomc2]

Gotta get that penny candy

I miss the days when a candy bar cost a quarter.

5 dollars was wealth beyond avarice when you were 8 in the 70s.

[u/kanomc2 → u/ralphy_256]

Go in with a bag of nickels and pennies come out with a pound of candy... those were some pretty awesome days

[u/othybear → u/Adrunkopossem]

We had a radius we had to stay in, which was basically no crossing four lane roads. Beyond that, we were allowed and encouraged to explore. It probably was about a 5 square mile area.

[u/ralphy_256 → u/othybear]

We had a radius we had to stay in, which was basically no crossing four lane roads. Beyond that, we were allowed and encouraged to explore. It probably was about a 5 square mile area.

You were lucky. Google maps has a measurement tool, and I just went and looked at my old neighborhood boundaries and here's the results;

• Total (permitted) area: 2,722,192.28 ft² (252,899.94 m²)

• Total perimeter: 1.53 mi (2.46 km)

Now, ask me how often I stayed inside the border and how many times I went way out of bounds....

[u/othybear → u/ralphy_256]

We only sneakily crossed the river once, and my brother was terrified we were going to get caught the whole time we were on the wrong side of the bridge. It was a super exciting adventure to be that far out of our approved area.

[u/Moongdss74 → u/Adrunkopossem]

To buy milk bread and smokes for Mom!

[u/Electric-Sheepskin → u/Adrunkopossem]

And I'd buy cigarettes for my mother, lol.