“I compare my childhood in the ‘50’s with that of today. It brings a tear to my eye, but worse, there’s no way to communicate it to the youth of today. It is a good time to be old.”
Pitiful: People across the street were having a party. There were a lot of newish compact cars and CUV’s parked. These were actually kids having a party with mom+pop out of the house. The cars belonged to all of their parents!
When I was in high school, you would have more cred driving in your own $500 beater than in mom and dad’s station wagon, particularly if you were a young man.
No question at all, the “world” of young people today is going to be much, much smaller and poorer than ours was. Mobility was the great advantage of the American workforce over everyone else. Now, not so much.
Freedom......my first bike when I was 7 was FREEDOM!!! Not sure the kids today, even the BOYS, get bikes because of the parents FEAR that something will happen to them if they aren’t with their kids at all times. VERY SAD.....I could go all over the country roads by myself and not have fear.
You wrote:
“Mobility was the great advantage of the American workforce over everyone else. Now, not so much.”
Yeah, but with iPhones and the new google glasses they won’t care about mobility. Going somewhere will just become a virtual ride. They won’t actually have to travel.