My grandad would tell me stories when he was a kid growing up in Queens, NY and how at eight he’d hop a subway to Manhattan to visit his mom at work; or the time he’d ride the subway to Canarsie, go to the beach and ride back. Never once hassled or anything. To him it was no big deal. Now a kid can’t go two blocks to a park to play without the cops showing up at the door. It’s the insane liberal world we live in today.
I’ll bet you’d get a kick out of this:
http://www.amazon.com/When-Was-This-Free-Country/dp/B00C01Y33W