they dont. Libraries are financed at county/town level, and if you live in a rich city (like menlo park) you will not see peasants from poor cities coming to yo

they dont. Libraries are financed at county/town level, and if you live in a rich city (like menlo park) you will not see peasants from poor cities coming to your town's library. Local taxation and financing is exactly economically conservative view when rich towns get gorgeous libraries, while poor counties get very bad libraries.