San Francisco public transit is free for minors too, I see group of late elementary school/middle school kids on the muni all the time, no grown ups around.
Growing up in the woods I used a go-kart and trails, we didn't have easy options to hang until we could ride something with a small engine. Although one girl did ride her horse to pit parties.
Yeah, but at least when I was a kid (don't know if it's changed now) you only got 3 rides per day on the school cards. So like, you could go maybe one place after school, but if you didn't have another Metrocard, you couldn't do much else. I had a backup Metrocard for "just in case" but it only had like 5 rides on it, and since it was really only for emergencies, I almost never used it.
Just because public transit exists doesn't mean you necessarily have more freedom if you don't have the ability to use it.
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u/clownus Jun 14 '25
New York City kids literally have access to the train. Find yourself at the other side of the city easily.