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In a city where the streets are clogged...
« on: March 27, 2023, 08:26:30 AM »
with the homeless, trash, feces, and drug paraphernalia, what does San Francisco worry about?

A bench and a Little Free Library.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/san-francisco-hits-family-1402-fee-built-free-library-neighbors-report
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Re: In a city where the streets are clogged...
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2023, 09:51:05 AM »
https://www.wsj.com/articles/san-francisco-fights-urban-disorder-little-free-library-42e9b80a
The WSJ always has read restrictions for me, but they at least show a picture of the "free library".  Just a little box with a handful of books.  The bench isn't pictured as far as I can tell.  Definitely not an eye sore and doesn't seem to be in the way of anything.
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Re: In a city where the streets are clogged...
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2023, 09:53:55 AM »
It has been a while, but I seem to recall that kind of a little neighborhood "library" was a pretty popular and harmless fad just to make neighborhoods more friendly.
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Re: In a city where the streets are clogged...
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2023, 10:05:25 AM »
We have a Little Free Library in my community.

I've gotten a couple of books out of it and put a bunch of books in it.

It's really popular with the kids in the community.
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Re: In a city where the streets are clogged...
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2023, 10:08:53 AM »
Last fall we went for a walk while visiting my wife’s brother. On a walking path around a marsh in the middle of nowhere was a little free library. I snagged a great book about shackleton’s Antarctic adventure, Endurance was the name of the ship and the book.
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Re: In a city where the streets are clogged...
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2023, 10:18:04 AM »
The story is missing the name of the bureaucrat who wrote the people up with a violation.
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Re: In a city where the streets are clogged...
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2023, 10:32:34 AM »
Quote from: HankB on March 27, 2023, 10:18:04 AM
The story is missing the name of the bureaucrat who wrote the people up with a violation.
And that person's boss along with the entire chain of leadership up to the first elected official. 
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Re: In a city where the streets are clogged...
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2023, 10:55:42 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on March 27, 2023, 09:51:05 AM
https://www.wsj.com/articles/san-francisco-fights-urban-disorder-little-free-library-42e9b80a
The WSJ always has read restrictions for me, but they at least show a picture of the "free library".  Just a little box with a handful of books.  The bench isn't pictured as far as I can tell.  Definitely not an eye sore and doesn't seem to be in the way of anything.

The box was taking up space on the sidewalk a homeless junkie could be shooting up drugs and pooping in.
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