We live across from a playground and I have stories about the softball-entitlement-whore-famblees, but I will share them later. However, it is only fair that I should indicate that I live in the house I grew up in, and that I did enjoy the park/playground/public pool when I was a "pre-adult".
My main issue is that one side of the street is "NO PARKING ANYTIME", it is a 2-way street, and the breeduhs park their SUV's all up and down the street on both sides. But they don't just fill up the legal side then park on the "No" side, they clog up the street trying to get as close as possible to their kyd's baseball diamond (there are 3 in this park), then other vehicles, oh i don't know, ambulances, fire trucks, cars of the people that live here, can't get up and down the street or out of a driveway without serious maneuvering.
And you would think that the Police would give tickets every time, but NO. They are breeders too.
We are going to move when my grandparents die; we are staying here because they live next door (I inherited the house when my mother died).
So, I did not choose to live here as an adult, specifically, knowing how it is with the park in the summer.
Relevant video by my DH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTnmDkIlaA
"Wake me up when September ends"