u/AffectionateNote3316

Me and my friends hang out at a skatepark during the weekdays, and parents don't understand how skateparks work apparently. They set up lawn chairs around the bowl and on the drop ins. They also let their kids run free, with scooters and bikes (some with training wheels), and these kids keep running through skater's ways. I've already hit a kid who just stood there and watched me in the bowl. We want to know how to handle these kids, or should we just find a new spot?

Recently, a group of E Bike kids have been hanging out at the playground in my large cul-de-sac. My area of the city is weird, so when 3 playgrounds in 2000s were made to cover it there was not much planning, which caused 1 playground to have street lights near it, and the other 2 to not have any form of unnatural light. The kids take over the one with lights around 10pm on Friday and Saturday night, and apparently they make a bunch of noise. Even though I live close to that playground, I was rarely bothered by the teens and their bikes, but the HOA was mad. They sent out messages and built signs reminding everybody in the surrounding and direct neighborhoods to not go on the playground after 9pm OR sundown. Obviously, the kids didn't care. The kids actually started vandalizing HOA member's lawns and all 3 playgrounds at night, causing the HOA to retaliate. The HOA started to call cops over and get their bikes taken because of "reckless riding". As of now, both sides are still fighting but there are way less kids at the playground.