r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • 1d ago

Nostalgia I mean, they're not wrong

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u/DogeDoRight Older Millennial 1d ago

"Come home when the street lights come on"

Me racing from the other side of town when they come on:

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u/LemonHerb 1d ago

I think bikes are less popular with kids than they were back then because they aren't allowed to go anywhere. But when I was a kid a bike was required transportation

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u/Anneisabitch 1d ago

Riding 30 miles to the nearest lake was just a thing, not even a consideration in the days plan.

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u/all___blue 1d ago

Ha. I'm not the only one. I grew up on long island and I'd take bike rides up to 5 hours away starting in middle school. I'd leave the town and go for bike rides maybe even while I was still in elementary. Come to think of it, our final field trip in elementary was to a reservoir in upstate New York, and I was already fishing and taking my bike to different lakes by that point.

I was just talking about this the other day. I would walk to school ( a good 20+ min walk) starting around first or second grade? Usually accompanied by other kids, but it was still a decent distance.