I said: “Today is not like it was years ago.”
You people said to me:
“And don’t say the world is more dangerous now, the statistics say it is actually MUCH safer now, despite an avalanche of news stories that make you believe otherwise. Yep, mostly because we have the 24/7 “news” business devoted to making us as terrified as possible. I remember being warned about strangers and such in my youth of the 1960’s. A very rough neighborhood in N Memphis. The world always was and always will be a dangerous place. Situational awareness needs to be learned early in life. Exactly! Violent crime is actually significantly down as compared to the “good ol’ days.” People are just more frightened. I say this is a ditzy mother. She talked about growing up in NYC and roaming the streets as a child and today it’s safer! What world is she living in? Totally insane. She must be without any source for news.”
I expect I am older than any of you. I was 6 yrs. old in 1939 in east Texas. We took the Fort Worth Star Telegram newspaper and seldom was there criminal activity written about in that paper. In that same area in east Texas today, you will not see children roaming around as we did. During my childhood, no one locked their house, didn’t lock their car when they went to town and they left the keys in the car.
Believe me, today is not what it was years ago when I was young - 1933 to 1950.
You’re right. My parents told me about how, when they were young, people left their home and car doors unlocked, often with the keys left in their cars. They grew up in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. By the time I was growing up in the 70s, the world was a very different place.