Movie ticket is $15-$18 and popcorn runs $7-$15. So call it $25 per visit. One movie a month.
Empty parking lots are A) boring as shit, and B) might get you yelled at by the owner of the parking lot or a meddlesome passerby who decides you're up to no good.
Friend's house requires that the teens have families/homes that are suited to guests, and this isn't sustainable on a daily basis. It also doesn't solve the problem of getting out and having experiences in the world.
Also, all of the above requires transportation and parents won't always be available.
Basically, you're totally ignorant of every aspect of this. You think teens need less stimulation than they do, you think things are cheaper than they are, and you are actively choosing to ignore the steep decline in cheap or free third spaces and the rising societal suspicion of teens just hanging out in public.
Also, can't help but notice that none of that was your original suggestion of an archery club.
With all the things you knocked out, the minority of kids you're trying to talk about have literally no option. Sounds like they cant leave the house and cant have people over.
The problem with saying they need more to do is, WHAT? WHAT is this other thing you think they should do on a Saturday?
I wasn't describing a minority, but I understand that you need To categorize it that way, in order to avoid confronting the reality of your out of touch opinion.
As for what they can do, the things he described are some options, but there also needs to be more libraries, more tolerance of teens hanging out without getting yelled at, more and better maintained parks, more and better maintained malls with no expectation of buying anything. And dozens more examples like that, just stops at top of my head.
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u/JustaSeedGuy 2d ago
Movie ticket is $15-$18 and popcorn runs $7-$15. So call it $25 per visit. One movie a month.
Empty parking lots are A) boring as shit, and B) might get you yelled at by the owner of the parking lot or a meddlesome passerby who decides you're up to no good.
Friend's house requires that the teens have families/homes that are suited to guests, and this isn't sustainable on a daily basis. It also doesn't solve the problem of getting out and having experiences in the world.
Also, all of the above requires transportation and parents won't always be available.
Basically, you're totally ignorant of every aspect of this. You think teens need less stimulation than they do, you think things are cheaper than they are, and you are actively choosing to ignore the steep decline in cheap or free third spaces and the rising societal suspicion of teens just hanging out in public.
Also, can't help but notice that none of that was your original suggestion of an archery club.