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> It’s similar to the arrogance of Dropbox and Airbnb employees booting neighborhood residents off a soccer field they’ve used for years. Seriously? People exp

> It’s similar to the arrogance of Dropbox and Airbnb employees booting neighborhood residents off a soccer field they’ve used for years. Seriously? People expecting to be able to use a field they reserved using the city's official reservation system is "arrogance"? If anyone is at fault for that incident it's the city for not getting more input from community, or subsequently not communicating the changes.

macintux 10y ago
Expecting to be able to use it is one thing. Hassling kids over that fact in a remarkably tone-deaf manner is somewhat different.
danielweber 10y ago
It was tone deaf, especially posting it on the Internet. But this article is a good reminder that there are folks who don't like property rights when the wrong people have them.
- jimbokun 10y ago
  What "property rights"? Public space is meant to be available to, you know, the public.
  - Chris2048 10y ago
    > reserved using the city's official reservation system
jlarocco 10y ago
Grown men kicking children off of a soccer field, whether they "reserved" it or not, is the most pathetic, lame thing I've heard of in a long time, and they should all be ashamed of themselves. What a bunch of losers.
jimbokun 10y ago
Concept of park used to mean "public space", usable by rich and poor alike. Making it available only to people who can afford to pay is very sad.
- joshstrange 10y ago
  Ok now... It's not like a bunch of adults went to take over a park just so they could kick the kids off it and sit around and drink beer or something. They went to PLAY SOCCER after going online and seeing they could rent it from the city. How were they supposed to know any different. Also the city didn't rent it out 24/7 they rented out 2 slots on Tuesday/Thursday from what I read. Tradition and culture don't get to trump reality just because. This is the cities fault no the employees who legally rented the space and expected to be able to use it...

macintux 10y ago

Expecting to be able to use it is one thing. Hassling kids over that fact in a remarkably tone-deaf manner is somewhat different.

danielweber 10y ago

It was tone deaf, especially posting it on the Internet. But this article is a good reminder that there are folks who don't like property rights when the wrong people have them.

jimbokun 10y ago
What "property rights"? Public space is meant to be available to, you know, the public.
- Chris2048 10y ago
  > reserved using the city's official reservation system

jlarocco 10y ago

Grown men kicking children off of a soccer field, whether they "reserved" it or not, is the most pathetic, lame thing I've heard of in a long time, and they should all be ashamed of themselves. What a bunch of losers.

jimbokun 10y ago

Concept of park used to mean "public space", usable by rich and poor alike. Making it available only to people who can afford to pay is very sad.

joshstrange 10y ago
Ok now... It's not like a bunch of adults went to take over a park just so they could kick the kids off it and sit around and drink beer or something. They went to PLAY SOCCER after going online and seeing they could rent it from the city. How were they supposed to know any different. Also the city didn't rent it out 24/7 they rented out 2 slots on Tuesday/Thursday from what I read. Tradition and culture don't get to trump reality just because. This is the cities fault no the employees who legally rented the space and expected to be able to use it...