Neighborhood? LOL.
No. My parents let me ride my bike anywhere I wanted once I was in 6th grade. I would bike to the outskirts of town. I would get lost. I would meet strange people. I would get home after dark.
My parents’ generation wasn’t weird; this one is. https://t.co/bmGyHylOFR
— i/o (@avidseries) December 29, 2025
To think that my childhood and the childhood of everyone I knew in the 1980s is now some mythical lost world that Gen Z clowns do not believe even existed. However, by the time I was around 9, I could ride my bike anywhere I wanted. It was the same for all the other kids I knew about. It was absolutely, completely normal.