OB has good sidewalks and has the ability to walk to interesting places (downtown, beach, etc) without 4 or 6-lane roads being involved. Those kind of areas are generally safer from a traffic perspective.
I’d say pot is kid-neutral, neither friendly nor unfriendly. Unless someone was air-dropping bales of it on a town, in which case the town has bigger problems.
Kids aren’t monks. They don’t need isolation and shelter to grow up, nor is it good for them. Seems like bearishgurl is one of the few posters here who “gets” it.