Cooped Up Kids in Los Angeles
// December 3rd, 2009 // I Love LA., LA Done Me Wrong
In my apartment in Koreatown, the kids who live above us make a ton of racket leaping from their beds onto our ceiling like Kangaroos. That’s what it sounds like, anyway. Actually it sounds more like hippos or elephants. There’s running, jumping, leaping, skipping. The noise bothers the crap out of my other housemates. Not me. I say run, jump and leap free! There is no yard whatsoever for those unfortunate Los Angeles children.
Last night, coming home from work, I saw an adorable little Korean-American girl rollerblading around our parking lot. I was unloading bag after bag of groceries, carrying them up the flights of stairs. The girl rollerbladed up to me in her cute little skirt and leggings and asked if I needed help. Heartbreaking it is that she and many other Los Angeles kids don’t have land to run around in. Even the outdoor areas of the schools I’ve seen in Los Angeles are paved or have a rather tiny area of greenery. I suppose that’s the price the kids pay to have parents who want to live in Los Angeles.
In Brazil, my dad always made sure we had a huge yard where we could play in, dig in, climb trees in, splash around in the rain in, play with our animals, and plant in. Later on as a grownup in Florida before I left to move out here I was living in an apartment complex with tons of rolling greenery, lawns to walk in, with a huge lake across the street. Even the lower income residences in Florida have yards and lawns.
So I say leap away, kids, leap onto all the ceilings of all the Los Angeles apartments. I’ll just play music or put in my earphones. Or maybe your parents will wisen up and we can all go to one of the local hiking parks and run around like elephants.
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Wow, Bel. You are such an amazing writer. I totally get you on that whole kids jumping around causing a ruckus thing. You take it in such great stride, though. Kudos.
I loved it and can totally understand the whole noise and jumping around part. In 2007 I was living w/my husband and 5 kids in an upstairs apartment for a year. We never had any complaints from the neighbors under us who happened to be Brazilian w/2 kids of their own.
Although I did try my best to keep the noise down, but what can you do their kids. Anywho it was the upstairs neighbor who seemed to have an issue w/our fan!?! One day the maintenance man came in and said he was there to fix a clicking sound that the string on the fan made as it hit the light fixture. How weird! I thought the jumping around would have been the issue.
Don’t hate on the kids! Close you’re eyes and try to remember being little, I loved jumping like a kangaroo! The parents need to take them out. Not as easy as it sounds to do that all the time. SOmetimes (as a parent) you just say F – it!
Sounds like you’re handling it well. If you get a chance ask the parents (when you see them) if they’ve ever heard of the Shatto Recreation Center on 4th and Vermont (close to where you are). They have a Basketball league, a park and many other activities for kids (hint – hint)
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I never thought of it that way, well put!
I have to admit I don’t always agree with you, but on this you really hit the nail on point. Kids should be able to run around in a yard or somewhere outdoors.
Thanks for your article. It changed my mind! I’ll try to be more understanding of my neighbors kids. Thanks!
Since I work for Gamestop I have my kids play a lot of video games but I do try to also get them to get quality outdoor time. Sherry
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Finally, an issue that I am passionate about. Kids. They’re so heartwarmingly adorable it is easy to forgive them for wanting to jump around so much.
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