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In reply to the discussion: The Last Generation of Kids That Played Outside [View all]H. Cromwell
(151 posts)life long (almost) resident. I did leave the hard coal region for about 6 years to reside in Northern VA. Growing up in my small town..everybody knew most of the kids. I'd disappear summer mornings and reappear at supper time. Maybe pop in to grandma's house for lunch or scrounge up some ingredients and a pot and make bum soup in the woods somewhere. 9 times out of 10, IF I was doing something bad/wrong my deeds were reported to my mom, grandmother, or my grandfather before I got home for supper. On the flip side, good behavior, good deeds were also reported via the same network. There is still a portion of that behavior in the town but with "city folks" discovering the cheap housing/cost of living in this area the close knit community era is dying quickly.