Do parks close at night in your city? If so, why ? Particularly interested in Britain and the United States.
Are they closed formally so that the police can drive people out of there, or are the gates closed at night? Are there fences around the parks? Can you walk through them at night?
The mayor of my city (in Russia) wants to close a large park at night, but this park connects several quarters of the city.
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new yorker here, no most parks don't close here, central park is open 24/7 and it is a breeding ground for drug dealers, petty thieves, and nogs to jump at people.
No, and I've never seen a park with a fence (though some sections do have gates/doors, like tennis courts and those may close at certain times). I've never heard of parks being closed even in shitty areas.
> Alexander Vysokinsky told reporters that the city authorities are thinking about the safety of park zones. Now a proposal is being considered, to install fences in some territories, and somewhere even to close parks at night. The head of Yekaterinburg drew an analogy with Central Park in New York, which closes at 22:00. This is done to prevent crime situations
parks dont, homeless can setup tents to sleep in when it's dark
but cemetaries are closed from one hour after sunset until sunrise
Parks here close at 11. There are no gates but I guess cops are supposed to patrol and force everyone out.
yes they "close" but really its just a shitty small gate that you can open up or just go around its never really closed and isn't enforced
I traversed Hyde Park in London at night. I don't recommend it.
Thanks. I suspected it.
Lol. Pic. Typical situation
This looks like entrance into the cemetery.
This is dendrological park in the heart of the city
Isnt it completely lit now?
This all started post-1066, then common land and enclosure laws
FUCK the Normans, FUCK the French, FUCK christians and FUCK (((them)))
it's been 2,000 years of perpetually losing your freedom as a man of nature
I would gas every christian I could
Why? Is it dark and you can't see anything?
meds.
It's pretty dangerous and dodgy
You can see a lot of used condoms and syringes when you come to a park of my town at 6 am )))
Yeah, basically.
Other park, another entrance (not main). Closed at night
Main entrance
enclosures are THE most defining trait of Anglo culture lmao, the balls on these guys
London, 2008 y
2012
Even if they wanted to close them, most of the parks in my city don't even really have anything in the way of fences. The ones that do have fences very rarely have gates to stop people accessing them at any time, as well.
Years ago I used to live near a park where street hookers plied their trade, so it probably won't surprise you that it was never closed.
That would probably only accomplish so much. If nobody else is around to help you, all that illuminating the park will do is make victims that much easier to spot for various types of predators.
Honestly I'm amazed that it's still a hot spot for theft and muggings. You'd think that the reputation it has for exactly that kind of activity would stop ordinary people from going in there after the sun goes down. Even as far as tourists and foreigners are concerned, I've never even left Australia and I've still heard about how you just don't go in Central Park at night.
closing parks at 11/2200 is prevalent in every city ive ever lived in, but is rarely or never enforced, it's more atestament to the city throwing its hands up at petty crime and sayining 'look if you wanna go that way, go ahead' because if you get robbed crossing a park at 2am, that was your choice.
On the contrary, if there is lighting in the park, there is less chance of crime. However, in parks as large as Central at New York, the concept of social control at night does not work.
>11/2200
what is that
god I hate this style
we don't have parks
:^(
>Hyde Park is dangerous and dodgy
Why would you come here just to spout utter SHIT, what the fuck is wrong with these dickheads what do they get out of it
Our parks are very small, i go to the mountains to bbq and get bbqed and just take a walk or something.
Always thought this was weird about ex commie countries, all your big cities were basically built from the ground up so why are they so full of concrete
I don't live in a big city, i live in a small mountain town.