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Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by jajko on Friday May 30, 2025 @07:26AM (#44135081)
Whole southern Europe is like that (sitting now in a small trattorria in Liguria province in Italy, I see this everywhere, and ie Spain, Portugal or Greece is same).

The problem mostly arises in big cities where a lot of young move for work, I'd call those socially sterile places.

Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by nothercastle on Friday May 30, 2025 @09:11AM (#44135901)
Real estate is too expensive in the USA. To stay profitable you need to turn customers around quickly
Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by seb1204 on Friday May 30, 2025 @09:32AM (#44136064)
But not on a park bench or park area with tables?
Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by nothercastle on Friday May 30, 2025 @10:56AM (#44136859)
In the USA people would graffiti the benches pee on the seats and a homeless person would move in. Almost no protection exists to prevent destruction of public property. I think that’s intentional to discourage people from embracing socialism.
Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by sfmz on Friday May 30, 2025 @12:23PM (#44137745)
Modern benches and even parks have anti-homeless features. iirc some park in Minneapolis removed their basketball courts because black people would congregate there (also there was drug-dealing). In USA its spend money or get out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture

Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by _DeadFred_ on Friday May 30, 2025 @01:24PM (#44138278)
In the US homeless people might sit on park benches and be seen so benches are sloped to be uncomfortable for more than short periods. Benches are intended as a temporary rest for those that need it as they walk, not a place to just sit and chill.

My area's solution is we don't have parks, we have public land trusts that are actually private property and can ban people. They're pretty nice for those of us allowed.