Re:You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You?
by OJFord on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:45AM
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Illegal to 'loiter' in a park? What does legal use of it look like? Moving through at a swift pace with eyes straight ahead and a stamped permit that it's the most efficient path to your destination?
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Re:You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You?
by mantas on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @07:34AM
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Hustle! Hustle everywhere!
Re:You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You?
by i80and on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @09:33AM
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My personal* experience is that in areas of the US where real estate is highly valued, there's a low level resentment of anybody existing without having an intent to spend money. Parks are tolerated, but the expectation is that they're purely cosmetic, to be walked through at the very most.
* My experience is not universal and is just that: my personal experience.
Re:You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You?
by amalcon on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @10:38AM
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It's a delayed vestige of the "stranger danger" panic of the 80's and 90's. Being in a park without kids is considered suspicious in some places now. Fortunately, not where I live.
Re:You'd Be Happier Living Closer to Friends. Why Don't You?
by vineyardmike on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @12:31PM
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It’s also a subtle way to punish poor people. Obviously it impacts the homeless, but even poorer people without yards or adequate access to private space to play/relax will be forced to loiter in public to get out of the house.