Like forced housing in "Wealthy Communities"
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The desert was my favorite place to play. More whining we need to get over.
Cuz YOUR people are drug-dealers who don’t care about marksmanship.
Then you flooded the country with CHILD MOLESTERS.
There is nothing stopping parents in these desert communities from creating street games.
One of my church friends who volunteers at a school in the slums tried to get Police Activities League sports started for the children, but the adults don’t want to associate with the police.
When I was younger walking more than a mile to the grocery store was a form of play and exercise.
The White Mosque is a thought and fact desert.
I remember living in Bucks County right across the Delaware river from Trenton.
We volunteered and built a beautiful playground. It was really amazing. You could see Trenton from the play ground.
When the FSA thugs across the river found about it - they brought their FSA thugs in training to play there.
The play ground was destroyed in a few months.
There is a reason a certain class of democrat voters can’t have nice things.
The White Crib turned into an ethics, morals, and transparency desert, so what’s her point?
Ummm...my neighborhood has no playground, unless you call “the street” the playground. We need some “investment”.
We “played” outdoors within shouting distance of the ranch house-no investment, project or instructors-just trees, grass, space and an imagination-that is still what kids out here do-they just go down the road to each other’s homes-no “play date” required...
Maybe if someone would clear the drug dealers out of the city parks, the kids could go there and actually have a safe place to play without being told how to do it...
Maybe kids can’t play because the parks are full of junkies and gang bangers.
Did they instill more rigid discipline, have enrichment activities, and have expectations that were reasonable considering ethnicity, education and income level of parents, aptitude, and cultural expectiations? Did they work with the community to develop role models and praise supportive parents? No. They closed the neighborhood schools, put the kids on busses, and shipped them far away from home. Guess what? Most of those parents can't easily get to those new schools, and the children can't stick around for activities beyond their bus ride. They don't get to use the school facilities when the day is over.
Meanwhile, their neighborhoods have become playground deserts. Why? When the neighborhood school is closed, it takes away the neighborhood playground, the neighborhood auditorium, sometimes the neighborhood library, and the place where the parents got to know one another. It takes away the place where a child could excel within their community.
Genius, absolute genius. (sarcasm). So I'd say Michelle is correct, but the policies the feds DEMANDED caused the problem!
Well, that’s a lie.
The skate parks, splash pads, pools, etc are being placed in the low wealth sections of our city.
City and County politicians are very careful to place it where the loudest voices are.
I know there are many old-timers on Free Republic.
Did any of you have any fun playing as kids without aquatic centers and hockey fields?
At a summit by the Aspen Institute’s Project Play
Some burn theirs down.
I'm not responsible for that - get out of my face.
Socialist do like to do this kind of ranting and raving.
Remember when government didnt thinkmit was smarter than God and didnt think it was their job to make everything the same?
If fedgov just went away tomorrow, imagine how much freedom people would get back.
>>> “but in wealthy communities, there is a wealth of resources ...” <<<
A great reason for the redistrubtion of play. /marxism
City parks are by definition a local issue. Michelle needs to mind her own business.
Why isn’t Michelle pressing the neighborhood leaders to rally the residents and create usable parks? Perhaps they could increase the tax on drug dealers to fund the projects?
Seriously, Michelle’s rant is an indictment of the local residents who sit on their dead kiesters, complain and draw their welfare. This is a local parental issue.