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Wretched Excess Dept: Mega-Rec-Rooms to Keep Kids Inside

Submitted by Treehugger 19 weeks 5 days ago.
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the return of the rec room photo
Erik S. Lesser for The New York Times

Back in the day, you told the kids to go play outside; the outdoors, the street, the park, they were the rec rooms. When they got to be teenagers, they went and hung out with friends. Some got into trouble; most didn't. Things changed. Even though crime rates have dropped to the lowest level in decades, cities like New York are as clean as Disneyland and bikes are cool again, Architecture professor Dana Cuff can say to the Times:

“There is a rise in home technology, all your friends are online, and there are far fewer safe, interesting public spaces to hang out in,” she said. “All of these things come together, and p...


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