Comment I grew up in NYC in the 1970s (Score 2) 784
I walked around NYC by myself all the goddamn time in the late 70s and early 80s. I walked from my parents' apartment at 102nd and Riverside all the way to my private school at 112th and Amsterdam every goddamn morning.
I was never kidnapped once during that time.
We need look no further than this incident to understand why we have an entire generation of completely helpless, incapable 20-something year old children.