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So in Seattle you house the homeless in a giant Rem Koolhaas terrarium. There are worse things. When I lived there, I didn't know many other software folks who

So in Seattle you house the homeless in a giant Rem Koolhaas terrarium. There are worse things. When I lived there, I didn't know many other software folks who used the public library system at all. Not because of smelly homeless people. It was just more convenient for them to buy anything they wanted to read/watch/listen to. And there were lots of convenient branch libraries for kids - better than trekking to the terrarium downtown anyway.

WalterBright 3y ago
The vast bulk of books are available used on Amazon for a couple dollars & shipping. I buy a lot that way. The local public library doesn't have the books I want to read. But the library does have DVDs I can borrow and watch, and music CDs I can borrow and see if I like. Netflix will parcel out a miniseries one disk at a time, while I can borrow the box set from the library and binge it.