Same here.
We used to play Softball,Football and Hockey on the street.
Everytime a car came,we all yelled "CAR"..and stopped the game momentarily,only to resume play the minute the cussing driver was out of the vicinity.
We carried over onto the local fields as we grew older & more serious.
Today,there are no fewer then 6 public fields I drive by daily,and not one time Jan.-Dec. have I seen any gathering of kids playing anything on them.Just dog walkers.
Why were they constructed?