Really? And the 16 year old trying out his skate board or bike on the street? Or the kids with no driveways, no yards and the only place to set up the basketball hoop is on the curb? And, of course, that youngster who's playing in the front yard and the ball gets away...nah, don't have to look out for them at all. Ever chased a kid? Know how fast they can run before you get to 'em? Or that kid who's old enough to know better, riding his bike on the sidewalk and decides to dart out in front of traffic without looking, to cross the street. And that still didn't address what I said, with schools at each end of the street, four, five, six year olds walking to school with their older siblings can be pretty damned unpredictable to see if they can get their nine year old brother in trouble. And, yeah, I've gone out on the freakin' street to play football with the kids, because the nearest freakin' park is an old folks concert park not a kids' playing park. It's what kids who live in cities, villages, towns, do.
Nah, it's all the parents' fault because you were watching the tach and not the yards and the sidewalks to make sure the kids were staying put.
I was addressing the general attitudes of "man, the neighbors suck," and not the reasonable attitude of "neat on the street."
