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Unlike Suburb, which are located on the outskirts of cities, urban parks are frequently located within the towns and available to serve the public. The urban park movement aimed at developing places with romantic settings primarily prefigured for the provision of spaces for family picnics or Sunday promenades. Therefore, urban parks served the public while suburbs served individuals who wanted privacy for their families. However, developing of suburbs aimed at coming up with domestic residential places away from the overcrowded worldly cities. As evident from the video, urban park movement designed to developing a more of recreation center where the public would go to rest away from the busy and crowded city streets. Despite these differences, both suburbs and urban park movements were developed to create space as a respite from the bustling crowd and as means of moral and social uplift (Bruegmann, 2008). This was intended to provide a place with a calm and friendly environment where people could have peace of mind after being involved in many activities in the city.

Having been born and grew up in a suburbs, life was so exciting in many ways. The fresh and calm environment always provided a conducive atmosphere for many activities such as playing and studying. At home, we had a big backyard where I used to ride my bicycle and play football with other kids from my neighborhood. I remember enjoying smooth traffic on my way to and from school, and most importantly the school had a humble playing ground where we I enjoyed playing with other kids. However, life in the suburb was always the same all throughout hence somewhat annoying. There were few people to interact with unlike the in the city. Besides, entertainment relied entirely on oneself unlike in the towns where entertainment options are endless.

 

In the 18th century, the zone of private life rose, which made family life to be a personal affair free from outside control (Bruegmann, 2008). This has made most of the street activities to be done in backyards rather than in the streets. Despite street activities playing a paramount role in the development of talents, most of suburb parents do not allow their kids to participate. I do encourage parents to allow their children to intermingle with neighborhood kids to help them development. By providing their children with creational equipment’s such as, balls and the bicycle will provide useful bases for the kids to explore their talents. This way, they will encourage streets activities that is in turn help in development of their children.

Bruegmann, R. (2008). Sprawl: A Compact History Chicago Studies in American Politics Series.University of Chicago Press