[ExI] libraries

[spike at rainier66.com]

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>...To add to the depressing state, in sweden, libraries became very popular for selling drugs. I think there is some kind of political initiative to counter this, but for a long time libraries were full of sinister looking men who did not want to be approached.

Best regards,
Daniel




Daniel the USA is in for a hard lesson on that.  Once a building is used for that purpose, it is difficult or impossible for the public to take back.  There are plenty of one-way roads in the destruction process.  San Francisco is a pathetic poster child in what happens when a society decides to decriminalize crime.  The result is crime.  

Now businesses are fleeing once-prosperous areas.  That is not easily reversed.  I am hearing the commercial real estate in the San Fran biz district has a high vacancy rate.  A decade ago, it was nearly impossible to get office space down there.  Now you can, for a steep discount.

spike