Between the ages of about 6 through 15, lived in the South West sections of Philly.
I know the area well. Born in South Philly but most of my life before college was spent in Springfield, Delco. Back then it was like "Leave it to Beaver".
Back then, we were always out at night from after dinner to way after dark. I don't remember our parents ever really worrying about us.
Yep, as long as you were home for dinner, then you could go out again afterwards, and nobody cared. We survived just fine. For Mischief Night we all wore dark clothing like it really mattered.
Dark blue jeans (we called them Dungarees back then). Dark navy blue hooded sweatshirt (before they were called hoodies), and black, hi top, Converse, Chuck Taylor "All Star" sneakers. I never had Keds, or PF Flyers.