justanawkwardguy

justanawkwardguy t1_je01gc2 wrote

Please tell me how accessible our public libraries are.

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Oh, that's right, they aren't. They're open only from like 1-5, M-F at most locations. So while kids have the time after school to go, they don't have parents available to take them

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justanawkwardguy t1_jdiu9zd wrote

They view the needed investment in the surrounding area as too high of a cost. Yeah, they could get the land cheaper in North Philly than CC, but then they have higher rates of violent crime to worry about and try to fix.

There's also the fact that whatever neighborhood they put the arena in would be subject to radical changes and gentrification. So the communities that they'd claim to be helping, they'd actually be forcing out

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justanawkwardguy t1_jdh5om8 wrote

The community will never agree with Temple, no matter what the university does.

When the on-campus stadium was still being debated, do you think the community differentiated between the students for vs against it? No, if you’re a student at temple you’re part of the problem for the community regardless of how you feel

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