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This has happened in my small city as well. The main library is no longer a safe place to visit, and has become a homeless shelter of sorts (with the accompany
by downerending 7y ago
This has happened in my small city as well. The main library is no longer a safe place to visit, and has become a homeless shelter of sorts (with the accompanying smells and infestations).
The good news, I guess, is that kids now have the Internet to learn from, and libraries are no longer a foundation of civic life.
- Pfhreak 7y ago> The main library is no longer a safe place to visit, Is this born out by an increase in crime at the library? Or are you just not feeling safe?
- downerending 7y agoIt's my feeling and a widely felt sentiment among the locals. Certainly the surrounding 300m area is a higher-crime area. A few weeks ago, I had to walk through and witnessed a woman pull down her pants and defecate on the sidewalk, about 50m from the library entrance. This wasn't in an alley or something--it was the main sidewalk, easily visible from the library entrance. I would not bring kids there.