What’s your opinion on neighborhood street games? Let us know.
In Colorado Springs, the tradition has divided a neighborhood and devolved into arrest threats. Continue reading at realestate.boston.com.
It’s a scene straight out of a movie: You’re driving through a residential neighborhood and see people, mostly kids, playing a game of street hockey, basketball, or maybe even kickball. What’s your first thought?
Is it quaint in a nostalgic way? Are you already running late, wishing you’d taken another route? Maybe you’re annoyed by the noise or concerned about a ball or a puck hitting your car.
As another summer comes to a close, kids are wrapping up their pickup games. Sports equipment will be packed up and brought inside, likely to be reserved for nice fall weekend days.
In Colorado Springs, the police shut down a weekly evening kickball game on a dead-end street after neighbors complained about the noise and said it was blocking their driveways and the rubber ball was hitting their vehicles, The Tribune newspaper reported. The city told the parents they needed to get a special-event permit. They filed the paperwork, and the city rejected it. Police accused the parents of contributing to the delinquency of minors and threatened to bring child abuse charges.
We want to know what you think: Do you support neighborhood street games? Where you live, would you be concerned about traffic or property damage? What’s your first reaction when you see pickup games on residential streets? Let us know in the survey below or e-mail [email protected] with your reactions.
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