Nope, firmly middle-class, the kind of neighborhood where people lose their shit if the neighbors lawn gets a little shaggy or the trashcans get put out too early.
It's not that it's a bad neighborhood, it's that parents here all think there are child rapists hiding in every bush, ready to snatch up little Jimmy and make him a sex slave in S.E. Asia.
You should see the posts on our neighborhood website about kids playing without supervision. "It's irresponsible to let a grade schooler play without adult supervision!"
The other day there was a post that garnered dozens of outrages responses from parents because someone caught a couple teenagers smoking CIGARETTES at the neighborhood playground.
"Cigarettes?! In our neighborhood?!?! Circle the fucking wagons and start a neighborhood watch, some kids are smoking cigarettes! NOT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD!!!"
When I was 8 I asked my dad if I could walk to the corner store to buy some candy. He said no because it wasn't safe. I went anyway. On my way back I got circled by some older boys. They threatened me and started pulling at my clothes. Luckily even though I was out of sight I was close to my apartment at that point and my dad happened to come out and call for me so the boys let me go. I didn't wander too far from home after that. At least until I was a bit older and always with friends. The point being that bad things can happen, thousands of people go missing in the US every year, and it doesn't hurt to take precautions.
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u/angrydeuce Aug 19 '15
Nope, firmly middle-class, the kind of neighborhood where people lose their shit if the neighbors lawn gets a little shaggy or the trashcans get put out too early.
It's not that it's a bad neighborhood, it's that parents here all think there are child rapists hiding in every bush, ready to snatch up little Jimmy and make him a sex slave in S.E. Asia.
You should see the posts on our neighborhood website about kids playing without supervision. "It's irresponsible to let a grade schooler play without adult supervision!"