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pokerpro831 t1_jdggjwu wrote

Used to do this as a kid. Parents found out. Weren't happy

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jeangaijin t1_jdjju5p wrote

Me too! In the early 1970s we used to access the storm sewers in our town of Rutherford, NJ and could walk all the way out into the Meadowlands ( this was before they built the sports complex and Giants Stadium). Probably was well over a mile. It just curls my hair to think of it now. We got caught when a cop heard us talking while we were at a sewer grate. He bent down to take a look, saw us and then his hat fell off. My brother’s friend grabbed it and took off laughing. Within a couple days they had put a big gate over where we used to walk in!

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CaroleBaskinsBurner t1_jdk2y80 wrote

We used to play in abandoned houses/buildings and on the top of a mile-long stretch of abandoned elevated train stations.

Our parents especially hated the second one but that just meant that we'd duck a little lower while passing through the portion of it that overlooked our street.

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