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Re:Our self imposed scarcity of nice places by matkoniecz on Thursday November 04, 2021 @05:32AM (#29105025)
> Also in urban environments, making a lot of "inviting" public spaces for people to hang around and loiter is not always a great idea.. this also attracts a lot of crime, drugs etc

Maybe in some third-world crime infested countries? At least in Poland it is not a real problem at all. Some parks are locked for night and that is all.

If making nice park is instantly resulting in crime/drugs/etc then something went really wrong.

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Re:Our self imposed scarcity of nice places by will4274 on Thursday November 04, 2021 @12:38PM (#29109323)
> Maybe in some third-world crime infested countries?

Like Seattle and San Francisco? This isn't a third world problem, unless you consider these cities to be third world.

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Re:Our self imposed scarcity of nice places by matkoniecz on Friday November 05, 2021 @03:55PM (#29124057)
OK, I was unaware that USA really had such runaway crime problems. I thought that it is an exaggeration. (and still suspect this)
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Re:Our self imposed scarcity of nice places by will4274 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:48PM (#29145106)
Almost every single park in downtown Seattle and San Francisco is covered in drug users. It's been this way for about ten years now.
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