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Oh no! The buildings that serve unhealthy slop aren't as colorful as they were 30 years ago! We must talk about this!
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They transitioned from a strategy that primarily targeted children and parents who wanted to take those children out on experiences to a strategy that targets adults.
Videogames and the internet probably played a role in the loss of playgrounds.
nah it was stranger danger, "super predators, and budget cuts. we got into videogames because we weren't allowed to go run around unattended all day like kids were before the mid-1980s
The same thing happened here in the UK though and it wasn't for "super predators" or "stranger danger" or anything like that really. Kids like videogames more than outside.
is neoliberalism insufficient?
I remember when they added Nintendo 64s to their playgrounds. All the kids did was fight over whose turn it was on the half working controllers.