> The school clubs met after school, one was there anyway.
And how did students get home after the club meetings were over, since the school buses weren't running anymore?
> The Boy Scouts also met within walking distance.
Is it really that hard to understand that many people don't live within walking distance of their school, or of where clubs might meet?
Or at least safe walking distance; the last house I lived in before college was certainly within walking distance of quite a few things, but that would require walking along sidewalk-less, shoulder-less, limited-visibility, twisty roads with cars zipping around corners at 45mph. Even if my parents would have allowed me to walk along those roads (they wouldn't), I don't think even my "invincible" teenage self would have felt comfortable with that.
I was lucky that my mom was available to drive me to and from places after school, and on days when she wasn't, I could sometimes find a neighbor, or a schoolmate's parents to help. But many kids just don't have that option. More kids than it seems you realize.
True. You can say anything at all about people, and there will be many exceptions.
Parents with kids tend to make an effort to be within range of the local school.
> More kids than it seems you realize.
I'm aware I have a different perception of walking distance that is quite a bit further than most parents, based on how far from the local schools I see kids walking to/from. It peters out to about 0 at the half mile mark.
And how did students get home after the club meetings were over, since the school buses weren't running anymore?
> The Boy Scouts also met within walking distance.
Is it really that hard to understand that many people don't live within walking distance of their school, or of where clubs might meet?
Or at least safe walking distance; the last house I lived in before college was certainly within walking distance of quite a few things, but that would require walking along sidewalk-less, shoulder-less, limited-visibility, twisty roads with cars zipping around corners at 45mph. Even if my parents would have allowed me to walk along those roads (they wouldn't), I don't think even my "invincible" teenage self would have felt comfortable with that.
I was lucky that my mom was available to drive me to and from places after school, and on days when she wasn't, I could sometimes find a neighbor, or a schoolmate's parents to help. But many kids just don't have that option. More kids than it seems you realize.