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That's a pretty brilliant observation. On nice days, public parks look similar to the library (and increasingly have the same vagrancy and drug problems, ha!).
by secstate 3y ago
That's a pretty brilliant observation. On nice days, public parks look similar to the library (and increasingly have the same vagrancy and drug problems, ha!). But public parks don't need staff like a library so it's less obvious who's job it should be to kick everyone out at night.
- Terr_ 3y agoI've seen that observation a lot, the oldest expression of it I can find (with the key phrase "expectation of buying something") is from this union publication in July 2018: > A library is one of the last truly public spaces, where you can go to get out of the elements or meet with people without the expectation of buying something. [0] https://www.afscme.org/blog/camden-county-library-workers-ratify-contract-after-a-year-of-activism https://www.afscme.org/blog/camden-county-library-workers-ra...
- chrisco255 3y agoI go to state and national parks all the time. You don't really see vagrancy problems in the majority of them, but they all have park rangers whose job it is to police that. Many parks, of course, let you camp overnight up to two weeks at a time.
- dolmen 3y agoThis is about city parks.
- chrisco255 3y agoI also go to city parks all the time. You don't get these problems outside of the major cities.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoInteresting you should say that, because as a British person I have never encountered a public park in which one is not allowed to be at night. Public parks of course need some staff, but maybe they would be better if they didn't have them: the two gardeners for my local public park have been nicknamed 'Rack' and 'Ruin' due to their extreme approach to dead-heading..!
- PJDK 3y agoThe Royal parks in London generally close at night. Interestingly some of the parks ar "commons" as in common land and so can't be closed!