This kind of town still exists

If your child wanted to ride his or her bike somewhere without you, would you allow it?  Would it terrify you?

What if your child had to show up at football practice every day, but the only way he could get there was to ride his bike to a park where no other adults would be there to greet him until the coach showed up. 

Would this terrify you?

What happened to Mayberry RFD kind of towns where a kid could roam the streets free of worry. 

Well, there is still a town like this. 

I hesitate to give the name of the city, because I don't want to entice creeps to visit.  But, on vacation my family stumbled upon such a place. So, to be on the safe side, I won't mention the name of the town.

Here's how we discovered it:

We walked to the park from the hotel and  saw boy after boy after boy riding bikes.  They were in football gear and all parked their bikes without even locking them up.  

I watched in admiration and disbelief.