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Rocket Slides and Monkey Bars: Chasing the Vanishing Playgrounds of Our Youth
“I looked around the playground and thought, ‘Where is all the equipment that I remember growing up on?’ They had new plastic contraptions, but nothing like the big metal slides I grew up with....” By Lisa Hix.
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Beauracracy is what has happened to playgrounds and lots of other things, on a planet of 7 Billion and growing we have more injury accidents than ever before, but nobody stops to counter with maybe it's because the population has doubled... I'm just saying destroying fun things because a certain number get injured is crazy. Yes, I realize this doesn't apply to everything... no I don't think we should be able to go as fast as possible screw those that kill themselves doing it... I'm just saying the Merry-go-round is fun as hell and assholes took it away from my children.