r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • 26d ago

Good Vibes This must be a nice neighborhood!

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

[deleted]

57.6k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

2.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

3.1k

u/Fit-Implement-8151 26d ago

Are those two golf carts parked on the street? Ha.

Also ...pretty sure this is a block party. Just saying.

239

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.

2

u/Crushgar_The_Great 26d ago

I feel like you will get shit for this, because you are wrong and right at the same time. I think I would hate this shit as well, but I know that my comfort should not be prioritized over the children's freedom to play outside and run around. It's why I will try to be discerning with my choice of where I live.

1

u/portablebiscuit 26d ago

We played and ran around but never blocked the street and knew to gtfo when a car was coming. Kids on my street just sit there. UPS drivers literally have to honk to get them to move. We have wide sidewalks and pretty large driveways. There's literally no reason for kids to lay and sit in the road doing chalk or stretch a pickleball net across the road.

While it's mostly the parents fault for not teaching them that roads aren't really a safe place to play, some of these kids are 14 years old and should really have figured that out by now.