I get you. I mostly didn’t either, I’m also an “elder” millennial. I grew up in a relatively small city. The city water from the garden hose was fine, for the most part. I don’t remember any specific instance where I drank it though.

That’s an issue specific to this statement from OP. I was trying to speak more generally, but setting that aside, I think the garden hose thing was a boomer/post boomer thing more than Gen X/millennial. … Back then, from what I understand, it wasn’t uncommon to send the kids outside to play and lock them out there… Probably so the parents can go fuck or at least get a moment of peace and quiet from their fuck trophies.

I don’t really know, since I wasn’t alive then, and I don’t know that I care enough to look into it any more than I already have.