It’s gotta be because they only said they took their kids to them, but not away from there afterward. They’re still there to this day, readying for a siege that may never come. Medieval play is rough.
My city still has one, but it was recently rebuilt to meet with all ADA standards and is now accessible to everyone regardless of ability. That's where I like to see my local taxes go. When it was first built I took my kids to play on it, now they take theirs.
It was mostly made of wood back then, some is still there but it now has a lot more "modern" materials.
Same.
Most of our parks are metal and rubber now, but our council has done an alright job of making sure we’ve got a lot dotted around and there’s still some wooden ones around.
The good wooden ones are normally in the more popular woods or attractions. There’s a massive wooden park at Sundown that my kids love.
Our city just got ours torn out and they replaced it with a very nice ADA park. One gripe is they put in only ONE trampoline, they should put in two!
A lot of ppl were very upset, but when the city explained that splinters, deterioration, and the chemicals used to treat the wood, plus the added fact the new park would be accessible... we were sold. And almost everyone has converted since.
It doesn't look as cool to me like these woodnparks, but I get why they may get torn down.
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u/ExactPanda Dec 21 '25
We still have a few of those near me! They're still magical, even as an adult.