How far is to far?

I’m in Atlanta, but am moving to Phoenix over break. One of the main reasons I’m moving is because Atlanta neighborhoods are not child friendly. I live in a nice townhome complex where my child can safely roam the grounds, yet neighbors(who are also parents) get their panties in a bunch that he is “unsupervised.” Visiting neighborhoods in Phoenix I witnessed kids younger than my son freely riding their bikes through the neighborhood and that is the childhood I want my son to have! But I have to admit that even though my complex is safe, I could never allow my child to ride his bike down the next street over. It’s a small residential street with million dollar homes, but it’s simply not safe because too many people use it as a cut through. A grown man was paralyzed a couple years ago after being run over on his bike on this small 25mph residential street.

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