Be me

>be me
>born 1987
>grew up in the 1990s
>knew every single other child and adult on my street by first and last name
>played with other kids until the sun went down
>constant activity in the streets

I'm not even rural, this was in the suburbs, within 5km of the CBD.

What happened to this kind of community? I've since moved out, but I'm still in the same area, yet I've noticed that nobody on this street knows each other, nobody talks to anyone, the streets are empty, no kids playing, nothing. There's no activity anywhere in the streets anymore.

Immigration

Video games.

Now you know your friends steam and battlenet account names.

Houses are expensive so perhaps people with kids moved to a cheaper neighbourhood.

Internet addiction bruv. Also, too many brown people.

But we had video games back then as well.

NES, SNES, N64, PS1, those old shitty gameboys etc.

Hell I even had a PC and was PC gaming online in 1997 with Age of Empires.

multiculturalism

Yes, but we didn't have online multiplayer, facebook, with tons of different timesinks.

Kids today get smartphones before the age of ten, spend all leisure time in front of their ipads and when older change that to a tv or a computer screen.

There's no reason to hang out outside anymore, as no one is, and what would you do anyway?
Before the age of 16 (at least in my country) you can't even drink, can't smoke, so you have more fun playing video games anyway.

Would you rather sit on your couch with a blanket and eat munchies while watching youtube or sit on the grass outside?

Youre at work when they play

Nah, even on days off it's empty as fuck. Even in the summer time.

I know people are saying multiculturalism. I guess it might be true, but I am Greek, everyone on my block was Australian. Then again my parents assimilated very easily into Australian culture.

>ever heard of the internet?

Yeah, I can remember knowing everybody on the street I grew up on. My parents still live there. These days its literally a street of boomers who don't want to give up their pool, tennis court and 6 bedroom house that has been going up in value by more than they earn from super or work each year for the last 5 years.

Same. I think it's the increase in technology. It's also the rise of social media leading to narcissism. Everyone is a unique genderfluid snowflake now.

Social media, internet, cultural subversion. If we banned all welfare so that people were forced to help one another for survival things would get a lot better.

There are places still like that here, they are just filled with scum and awful places to live

Go to the Nerdcave in Surry Hills, all your friends are there.

>>be me
>>born 1987
>>grew up in the 1990s
>>knew every single other child and adult on my street by first and last name
>>played with other kids until the sun went down
>>constant activity in the streets

>I'm not even rural, this was in the suburbs, within 5km of the CBD.

>What happened to this kind of community? I've since moved out, but I'm still in the same area, yet I've noticed that nobody on this street knows each other, nobody talks to anyone, the streets are empty, no kids playing, nothing. There's no activity anywhere in the streets anymore.

Smartphones

I would say it's definitely the electronics. Kids start playing games on phones and tablets before they learn how to read these days. Still, at least here (from my experience living in a village and knowing mostly village), parents still make sure that kids get their intake of fresh air and sunlight.

I would say tablets as well. My normie stepmother for example had access to the internet on her desktop computer but she only used it sparingly. Now with the a tablet, she is on it all the time. I think it's the ease of use. Old people don't like using keyboards but they love touchscreens. I think many young kids starting out feel the same way.

Phones, consoles, computers.

Why'd you quote the entire thing?

>>>be me
>>>born 1987
>>>grew up in the 1990s
>>>knew every single other child and adult on my street by first and last name
>>>played with other kids until the sun went down
>>>constant activity in the streets

>>'m not even rural, this was in the suburbs, within 5km of the CBD.

>>What happened to this kind of community? I've since moved out, but I'm still in the same area, yet I've noticed that nobody on this street knows each other, nobody talks to anyone, the streets are empty, no kids playing, nothing. There's no activity anywhere in the streets anymore.

>Smartphones

This is the correct answer.

physical interaction is fucking overated and it only bounds peoples opinion based on the region like current day niggers

This happened to me when SNES came out in the 90's. You're not special. My parents it was television. For me vidya. For modern kids, internet.

More pedos

I believe that the main reason OP is that since our civilization is dying, people start to become more isolationist and the standard trust in a community is gone.

I did all that stuff too OP and was also born in 1987, but
>friends move away and are replaced by Mexicans
>parents get paranoid because of 90s sensationalist stories about pedorapist kidnappers around every corner and don't let me be as independent outside
>public transportation is fucking garbage so unless you have some entertainment right next to you you're stuck playing pretend or lighting stuff on fire (which gets old eventually)

fags today have uber so their freedom of movement is a lot higher, but they also grow up with smartphones so they're shit at everything else in life and have no imaginations

I would go home when the street lamps came on.

My bros would hog the SNES so I would go outside and kill ants.

media scared everyone in doors with pedo and terror tales

I was born in 1980. I watched things change. What happened was cars and density. The streets used to be fairly empty but as more and more houses were built, more cars started using the roads and it became unsafe to play on or even near the street.

>>Smartphones
>This is the correct answer.

probably. once you could communicate instantly with your "friends" it became unnecessary to go out in your neighborhood and be friendly to people you didn't like 100%. and the phone friends were easily replaced with new phone friends whenever you had a disagreement.

it depends where you live honestly

I have relatives in Wisconsin and Texas that I frequently visit, and their kids along with other neighborhood kids are always outside playing

However, where I live, Illinois, along with what I've seen of New York, is exactly what you described, everyone's inside and no one cares about each other, shit communities.

None of the answers apart from mine are correct. It was not smartphones. That is probably the most retarded answer because this happened before smartphones were even invented.

That is how it is in oxnard.


All this work to build new houses and bring more people here and when it rains once all the bandaids the city put by filling the holes with loose asphalt is gone and potholes galore while I pay for paco to go to school for free

t.2nd gen bean.

good thread. i miss those days OP and know exactly what u mean.

it may be smartphones and stuff as others suggested, or it may be the collapse of society. either way, it's pretty sad.

I know exactly how you feel.

I still go outside to poo and wank in my front garden though, you have to keep the old traditions alive.

Poo in the loo Britbong.

This is exactly why autists have become nationalists as well. People are so removed from actual contact that they have begun to romanticize confinement.

>>>>be me
>>>>born 1987
>>>>grew up in the 1990s
>>>>knew every single other child and adult on my street by first and last name
>>>>played with other kids until the sun went down
>>>>constant activity in the streets
>>>'m not even rural, this was in the suburbs, within 5km of the CBD.
>>>What happened to this kind of community? I've since moved out, but I'm still in the same area, yet I've noticed that nobody on this street knows each other, nobody talks to anyone, the streets are empty, no kids playing, nothing. There's no activity anywhere in the streets anymore.
>>Smartphones
>This is the correct answer.
I agree.

A bunch of kids in this thread who were born after smartphones claiming the answer is smartphones....... fucking pol. Even when there were gaming consoles (commodore 64, etc) people still played outside until density made neighborhoods impersonal and unsafe.

>density
I grew up in inner city Phoenix which was dangerous in the 90's and kids like me were still wandering the streets and playing together. There were drive by shootings all the time and I still went trick or treating without parents--bernaysian public relations has convinced people that safety is the highest good and can only be achieved through protection from the outside world--it's funny because if you live in high density; multiethnic communities you know that you are more safe the more you interact with your neighbors--fear is what brings people down, always. It is the mind killer.

To be honest you're right on the technology part. What should be discussed is how parents raise children nowadays. As I've already stated in a previous post, it is not as much of a problem here. In the end, we may look for the root of the problem in urbanisation, but I wouldn't say it is necessary the main problem as children play(ed) outside in cities as well.

My experience is in the suburbs. We had the streets and some other areas to play in mostly, but those other areas got turned into houses as well. There were a few parks but usually too far away to play in. You needed to stay within a certain distance of your house. Once too many cars started using the streets, you couldn't play on them either.

Doesn't really seem to matter what year you were born. I grew up poor as fuck (no tv, no internet, meager food and sometimes no electricity for a while) and what did we do? Go outside. In a country where internet and tv are widespread (and people can afford it) of course you would stay in all the time. Internet addiction is a very real thing and alarming problem now, I used to see little kids running around outside all the time in my neighborhood and they seemed to be outside almost the whole day like how I used to be. Nowadays the silence is only broken by a car or the occasional person walking by

>what would you do anyway?

Steal from dad's beer supply then go bike to the forest with friends to explore and drink beer. Shoot trees with slingshots. You know, be a kid.

I think kids would still rather play in real life. When we had the option of gaming or playing on the street, we always did a bit of both. The parents would also kick us out of the house if we played computer games too much.

He's from plebbit.

Still I don't know about you but I can specifically remember when the internet became predominant in social life; I was in high school and since my parents refused to let me on the internet I still hung out with other kids who's parents were the same. Now there are no kids without smart phones and the phones were marketed as a way to keep your kid safe (as if a kidnapper couldn't chuck the thing immediately)

Your free time got commodified and you became a revenue stream. They could not have you interacting with people for free, so they taught you to fear everything around you and stay indoors or only go to controlled entertainment that they could monetise.

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>>>>>be me
>>>>>born 1987
>>>>>grew up in the 1990s
>>>>>knew every single other child and adult on my street by first and last name
>>>>>played with other kids until the sun went down
>>>>>constant activity in the streets
>>>>'m not even rural, this was in the suburbs, within 5km of the CBD.
>>>>What happened to this kind of community? I've since moved out, but I'm still in the same area, yet I've noticed that nobody on this street knows each other, nobody talks to anyone, the streets are empty, no kids playing, nothing. There's no activity anywhere in the streets anymore.
>>>Smartphones
>>This is the correct answer.
>I agree.
and multi cult. my street is only 30prcent english first lang.

Come on now OP. I've thought about this myself before, and it's pretty damn obvious. The internet, cellphones, texting. All of these have lead to people being more connected, so they don't HAVE to go outside anymore

The downside of course, is that NOW, nobody remembers how to actually socialize without emoticons and bullshit~

>>>>>>be me
>>>>>>born 1987
>>>>>>grew up in the 1990s
>>>>>>knew every single other child and adult on my street by first and last name
>>>>>>played with other kids until the sun went down
>>>>>>constant activity in the streets
>>>>>'m not even rural, this was in the suburbs, within 5km of the CBD.
>>>>>What happened to this kind of community? I've since moved out, but I'm still in the same area, yet I've noticed that nobody on this street knows each other, nobody talks to anyone, the streets are empty, no kids playing, nothing. There's no activity anywhere in the streets anymore.
>>>>Smartphones
>>>This is the correct answer.
>>I agree.
>and multi cult. my street is only 30prcent english first lang.
we need more arrow

I honestly think multiculturalism is a result of smartphones as well; imagine if people actually had to interact with one another--the immigrants might actually learn English or else they would be such a turn off that people wouldn't be hollow virtue signallers on facebook

Well fucking said

I grew up in the 80s, kids back then would always play outside because we didn't have much to do inside. There wasn't things like smartphones or video games or tv with 500 channels like we have today.

>>>>>>>be me
>>>>>>>born 1987
>>>>>>>grew up in the 1990s
>>>>>>>knew every single other child and adult on my street by first and last name
>>>>>>>played with other kids until the sun went down
>>>>>>>constant activity in the streets
>>>>>>'m not even rural, this was in the suburbs, within 5km of the CBD.
>>>>>>What happened to this kind of community? I've since moved out, but I'm still in the same area, yet I've noticed that nobody on this street knows each other, nobody talks to anyone, the streets are empty, no kids playing, nothing. There's no activity anywhere in the streets anymore.
>>>>>Smartphones
>>>>This is the correct answer.
>>>I agree.
>>and multi cult. my street is only 30prcent english first lang.
>we need more arrow
Implying we do.

So how the fuck are there kids playing outside everyday where i live? They also have all that shit.

>What happened to this kind of community?

You ya dumb fuck. I know like 60-70% of my neighbours.

YOU need to talk to them otherwise YOUR KIDS won't play with THEIR KIDS. Dummy.

I punched one of the kids in the face and they stopped coming over :(

To be honest what options did you have in the 90s as a kid compared to what kids have nowadays? To say that your era of games are better than what's currently out is stretching it. Being born in 1992 I can for sure say that whatver games I saw from the occasional rich kid at the time it was all unappealing and took more effort on your part. In today's market flashy games are a dime a dozen and with people seemingly having shorter attention spans games avoid being labelled "grindy" and give the player instant satisfaction. Coupled with the fact that the media is consistently telling everyong to buy more often you end up getting more and more stimuli from different games than ever before. The allure of it is just much stronger than what was possible before the current time. We aren't some special entitled generation, my parent's version would have been the affordable TV's but because they both grew up rural and poor they avoided it for most of their childhood (and they never saw color tv's until they were in their mid 20s)

So you grew up in a US city judging by your picture.

Meh, all the same shit. Games are games and have never changed. I don't think really brought anything positive to the world to be honest.

Tories are the problem.

BTW, in 1987 I was drining White Lightning cider in the local park.

>>>>>>>>be me
>>>>>>>>born 1987
>>>>>>>>grew up in the 1990s
>>>>>>>>knew every single other child and adult on my street by first and last name
>>>>>>>>played with other kids until the sun went down
>>>>>>>>constant activity in the streets
>>>>>>>'m not even rural, this was in the suburbs, within 5km of the CBD.
>>>>>>>What happened to this kind of community? I've since moved out, but I'm still in the same area, yet I've noticed that nobody on this street knows each other, nobody talks to anyone, the streets are empty, no kids playing, nothing. There's no activity anywhere in the streets anymore.
>>>>>>Smartphones
>>>>>This is the correct answer.
>>>>I agree.
>>>and multi cult. my street is only 30prcent english first lang.
>>we need more arrow
>Implying we do.
reminds me of usenet cascades. but those went away when we got smart phones and traffic density went up plus all those pedos

>welfare scrounger and waster blaming the Tories

Never heard that before

It all went to shit in 2009.

>>>>>>>>>be me
>>>>>>>>>born 1987
>>>>>>>>>grew up in the 1990s
>>>>>>>>>knew every single other child and adult on my street by first and last name
>>>>>>>>>played with other kids until the sun went down
>>>>>>>>>constant activity in the streets
>>>>>>>>'m not even rural, this was in the suburbs, within 5km of the CBD.
>>>>>>>>What happened to this kind of community? I've since moved out, but I'm still in the same area, yet I've noticed that nobody on this street knows each other, nobody talks to anyone, the streets are empty, no kids playing, nothing. There's no activity anywhere in the streets anymore.
>>>>>>>Smartphones
>>>>>>This is the correct answer.
>>>>>I agree.
>>>>and multi cult. my street is only 30prcent english first lang.
>>>we need more arrow
>>Implying we do.
>reminds me of usenet cascades. but those went away when we got smart phones and traffic density went up plus all those pedos
kinda looks like reddit desu

Welfare is the problem.

I was born in 1996 and had the same experience as you. Knew every kid, always hung out outside, rarely was inside playing video games. I've noticed that my new family that was born 2002+ are having a very indoor experience, kinda sad to see because they're ending up obese as kids.

Sure, the Internet and Smartphones play a big role in this development. You could argue it's also "poor" parenting to allow your kids to spend hours on the Internet or playing with their phones. Then again, it's also a matter of trust within communities. When you, as a parent, can no longer trust that your children can safely play outside without having an eye on them at all times, you would probably prefer if they stayed inside your house and played video games or whatever. That's certainly a lazy approach, but at least you wouldn't have to worry as much about their safety. Another thing is that kids are more and more coddled these days and if you don't do the same you are automatically stigmatized as an irresponsible parent.