I saw your other message in this thread. Life changing arrests? Are we discussing the same topic? My previous statement stands. There are definitely more parks geared towards kids in suburbia today vs. 30-40 years ago.

> There are definitely more parks geared towards kids in suburbia today vs. 30-40 years ago.

And more houses built too far to be within casual walking distance from them.

There's also the thing where one reachable park is a poor replacement for the ~360° of direction I (all of us) could set out in, reaching hundreds of possible destinations. Most of that travel had low risk of adult interference. Most of those options were available to us kids, beginning at a young age.

All of that was unavailable to my kids and their generation.

> Life changing arrests?

Rentals and jobs require criminal background checks. Being denied work and a place to live is a fairly solid example of having your life changed.

This is a thing that is trivially understood and typically doesn't need pointing out.

It one of the stronger examples of how the world is ever changing in ways that make meaningful redemption more+more impossible.

The modern condition is that single transgressions are subject to ceaseless punishment thru sharply degraded lives.