• Godnroc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If libraries were open late they would be filled with homeless people looking for a safe, warm place.

    What I’m saying is we need safe warm places for the homeless AND libraries to be open late.

    • Rosco@sh.itjust.works
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      Crazy idea : let’s use churches to accommodate homeless people since you can find them fucking everywhere, surely they’re not used after 8pm, and that’s basically the point of them in the first place, no?

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        As much as I despise organized religion they aren’t fully to blame for the situation. Some of them have really made an effort.

        Religion even at its very very best can’t do that job. That is why we need the government.

        • Smoogs@lemmy.world
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          As much as I despise organized religion they aren’t fully to blame for the situation.

          They are if they don’t pay the taxes that would have been used to help with situations such as this.

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Examples of third places include churches, cafes, bars, clubs, community centres, public libraries, gyms, bookstores, makerspaces, stoops, and parks.

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        Gyms, stores, cafes, etc. aren’t good third places because you’re expected to pay money to be there

  • m3t00🌎@lemmy.world
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    sell coffee etc. to pay the bills. all the cool kids are doing it. Libraries are looking for more visitors. Install a Starbucks with tables near the gaming PCs. books and chairs in the corner. Checkout counter is already done, Re: bars, Why do they all have parking lots? AA without the chanting.

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Just throwing it out there: most libraries do have one late night day a week, there are probably a million people on earth right at this moment that would love to play a tabletop game with you or take a zoom class, every single area has clubs/associations/charities that would love some new faces.

    Don’t expect the universe to give you companionship. You need to do it yourself

  • Fades@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    the death of ‘third place’ locations has had a brutal impact on society

    • oatscoop@midwest.social
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      There are still a ton of “third places” – restaurants, bars, and coffee shops are everywhere. They just cost too much money for a lot of people.