Jean B. wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> That's not true. I wouldn't go outside to play when it was cold
>>>> and rainy nor would my mother let me. My daughter HATES playing
>>>> outside. Too many bugs and too much dirt.
>>> Oh, that's funny to me. My mom insisted that I go outside, even
>>> when it was bitterly cold out. Of course, no one else was out
>>> under such circumstances, so that was rather boring.
>>>
>>>> We have sidewalks here. We've had two out of control cars in the
>>>> past few years go up onto the sidewalk. My husband's car was hit
>>>> and then the neighbor two doors down. Drunk drivers.
>>> At what hour was this? One can't live like a hot house plant just
>>> because something like this might happen!
>>>> It is not safe to let kids play outside alone because there are
>>>> just too many weirdos out there. And too much lack of police. We
>>>> don't live in the city limits. There is a park across the street
>>>> from us. No way would I let my daughter go there without me. Too
>>>> much drug activity going on. Oh and the gangs have tagged this
>>>> area now too.
>>> Well, gangs are another thing. Yeah, those would be dangerous.
>>
>> We live in the suburbs. There is really no reason for us to be going
>> outside or crossing streets. Yes there is a park across the street.
>> If you are underage and in need of beer that's where you go to get
>> it. Want illegal drugs? You can get those there too. So that's a
>> street we don't need to be crossing. There is really nothing here
>> within walking distance and although our particular street has
>> sidewalks there is nobody on the other side of the street that we
>> would visit. Go to the next busy cross street and you lose the
>> sidewalks. Yes, some people walk down there. I have almost hit
>> people walking there countless times. It's just not safe. We drive
>> everywhere we need to go. The closest grocery store is a
>> good 2 miles from here. The school is about 6 as is the dance
>> studio and my parents live 9 miles from here.
>>
>>
> Huh? I lived in a suburb growing up, lived in one again since my
> daughter was 3, and live in another one now. One reason is to
> walk simply for the sake of walking.

Well perhaps you are not disabled. I am. So I only walk when I have to
walk because it is very difficult for me to do.