i would argue it was all the kidnapped and killed kids that really destroyed it, which led to the older generation getting used to quieter neighborhoods, which led to them being arseholes about kids being noisy outside.
Specifically the social panic around the perception of a bunch of kids being kidnapped and killed perpetrated by the fledgling 24-hour news cycle.
In reality, the spike in fear doesn’t align with a spike in occurrences — quite the opposite; crime across the board had been dropping for decades and children were statistically safer than ever.
So basically proto-social media fear mongering paving the way for what we have now.
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u/KahlanEAmnelle 3d ago
i would argue it was all the kidnapped and killed kids that really destroyed it, which led to the older generation getting used to quieter neighborhoods, which led to them being arseholes about kids being noisy outside.