The title basically sums up my point here, but to expand a bit, here is some exposition:
It being the school holidays, the places where I normally need to be are now somewhat more full of children than I would appreciably expect. Having discussed this with a few coworkers, I decided to test the notion with the escapist community (probably a bit biased, but even so) whether or not a city where no children would be allowed would be a workable notion.
The rules are:
No children are to be allowed anywhere within city limits. If you wish to see younger relatives, you do it outside of city limits. Childhood is defined in this case as being under 18 years of age. And yes, teenagers are assholes. I was a teenager, and I was an asshole. Now I'm still an asshole, but I really put effort into not allowing myself to just be an asshole.
Birth control/ contraception is to be provided in abundance, just to be on the safe side.
Maternity or Paternity will be rewarded with having to move out. Companies will be required to find a position for employees to relocate in the event parenthood looms, and the duration of the pregnancy is expected to be enough time for both mother and father to get sorted and go.
There is no need for parental guidance or age restrictions, as anyone within broadcast range is assumed to be over 18. ID can still be asked for for age restricted sales, just to keep people in the habit of it, but is really unnecessary.
More rules will be added as I think of them, or as they are brought up in the thread.
The male and female options are really to see what gender ratios would be like in the city. Ideally, I would like to see if this would be a viable suggestion. If you have any opinions, feel free to discuss them.
I'm aware this has probably been done before, so please do not point this out to me.
It being the school holidays, the places where I normally need to be are now somewhat more full of children than I would appreciably expect. Having discussed this with a few coworkers, I decided to test the notion with the escapist community (probably a bit biased, but even so) whether or not a city where no children would be allowed would be a workable notion.
The rules are:
No children are to be allowed anywhere within city limits. If you wish to see younger relatives, you do it outside of city limits. Childhood is defined in this case as being under 18 years of age. And yes, teenagers are assholes. I was a teenager, and I was an asshole. Now I'm still an asshole, but I really put effort into not allowing myself to just be an asshole.
Birth control/ contraception is to be provided in abundance, just to be on the safe side.
Maternity or Paternity will be rewarded with having to move out. Companies will be required to find a position for employees to relocate in the event parenthood looms, and the duration of the pregnancy is expected to be enough time for both mother and father to get sorted and go.
There is no need for parental guidance or age restrictions, as anyone within broadcast range is assumed to be over 18. ID can still be asked for for age restricted sales, just to keep people in the habit of it, but is really unnecessary.
More rules will be added as I think of them, or as they are brought up in the thread.
The male and female options are really to see what gender ratios would be like in the city. Ideally, I would like to see if this would be a viable suggestion. If you have any opinions, feel free to discuss them.
I'm aware this has probably been done before, so please do not point this out to me.
(yes, I'm prefectly fine with being ungrateful bastard)
