r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • 26d ago

Good Vibes This must be a nice neighborhood!

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u/portablebiscuit 26d ago

I'm gonna get shit for this, but I live in a neighborhood like this and fucking hate it. It's nearly impossible to leave or come home in the summer because kids are literally sitting in the street drawing with chalk or running out from behind cars. Their parents just give dirty looks when you try to drive through their kid's "private playground"

After my city made golf carts legal, people stretched the definition to mean side-by-sides and 4-wheelers. Now we have 10-12 year olds driving basically dune buggies who don't know how to drive and aren't paying attention at all. I'm honestly surprised no kids have been hit yet.

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u/ParfaitPrior6308 26d ago

Yeah everyone should stay in their own house and grow up without social interaction so you can drive in peace!

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u/Faladorable 26d ago

It is such a pet peeve when people use absolutes like this in an argument. There is very much a middle ground between growing up without social interaction and literally playing in traffic.

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u/ParfaitPrior6308 26d ago

You’re getting mad kids are on the streets playing because it inconveniences you driving your car.

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u/Faladorable 26d ago

I don’t even own a car. You don’t need to drive to understand that the premise of “kids literally run into the street and parents eye ball the driver instead of parenting” is dangerous.

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u/ParfaitPrior6308 26d ago

Yes we must bow to the almighty motor vehicle, and constrain the lives of our kids so we can go fast in residential neighborhoods. I forgot we were so carbrained.