Oh, man, don't get me started -- oops, too late! In the picture-postcard pretty fishing town where I grew up, families and kids had free access to a gigantic dune sandspit separating ocean from bay, for camping or tromping across to go surfing, or whatever. Nobody ever got hurt or in any kind of trouble over there, and it was a great resource for enjoying a pretty place, why not? Today, THEY REGULATE IT OUT OF BOUNDS. Now except for tightly controlled trails, it is "protected" by pistol-packing Fish n Game types. You can't even get a permit to enjoy a natural resource! GRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr ...........
Even as a kid of the 70s and 80s, I remember and appreciate how much freer things were in general.