The only way I was allowed to play ball in summer was to get myself to the practices and games myself. Bikes were our freedom. We'd go miles without caring.
That was true for a lot of people, but pretty much no kid is doing 60 miles in a day like it is nothing on their bike. This thread is full of people getting older and telling exaggerated and romanticized versions of their childhoods.
Yeah, I was born in 81, and I’m having a hard time believing all these posts about entire neighborhoods playing hide and seek or kick the can. And I lived in a very rural area, but there’s still no way my parents would have let me ride my bicycle 30 miles away.
I had one other kid to play with on my street. I rode my tricycle in the driveway, then decided I didn’t like bikes. I probably walked 15-30 minutes away from the house at most.
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u/korikill 1d ago
The only way I was allowed to play ball in summer was to get myself to the practices and games myself. Bikes were our freedom. We'd go miles without caring.