• Avid Amoeba
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    2 months ago

    This is what suburban carbrain disease does to a mfker.

    Having grown up in Eastern Europe, walking to the kindergarten since 4, walking to the primary school since 7, walking / pubtransiting to mid/high school since 11, the North American suburban carbrain disease is just shocking, even after living alongside it for two decades.

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      2 months ago

      Same. Walked and took buses to school from around 6-7 years of age in the late 90s. My parents were divorced, so I also commuted a lot between their places as a child.

      Perfectly normal thing that all the other kids were also doing. I remember one mom being a bit afraid for her daughter, so I was asked to take the bus and walk together with her, but that’s it.

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      2 months ago

      I walked to middle and high school cuz it started too early for my folks. People getting in the car to drive a block will never cease to amaze me