You're probably too young to go by yourself and your mother is using good judgment.
When I was a kid in the early 70s mom would let me run that whole town on her Saturday shopping day. I run downtown from one side to the other. I never had a bit of problem. Mom and I had a wrist whatches and we would me meet at the exact moment. I was a kid, 8 or 9, I watched movies, run the streets, went to the library, trolled the byways... I never, ever had a problem. Never ever, not a single time.
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