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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (2524)	2/19/2002 5:17:40 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7720

Well I haven't seen that myself but that hardly means it doesn't happen. I think in your case however it goes beyond playing in the street to having a bunch of young disrespectful punks in the neighborhood. Playing on the street or not they where likely to cause trouble. Actually now that I think of it people always used to cut through my parents property because otherwise they have to go a half mile out of their way. So I have seen a bit of what you where talking about but it wasn't relevant to playing on the street. I have played on the street in front of my parents house and every time a car came we all got off the street quickly. (my parents live in Fairfax City BTW and still have kids living with them) Some communities have also outlaw basketball hoops on driveways. From the article - "As in countless other communities, the mere sight of a basketball hoop has created friction. In Crosspointe, for example, hoops cannot be placed permanently by the street, in a front yard or in a driveway." Also a ban on playing in the street really is not enforceable. You can make people take down basketball hoops but how are you going to stop kids from playing other sports? Have a SWAT team swoop down and arrest them all? Tim