u/Narcan9

It's nice to see local government doing something positive. I drove by a small town suburb (pop 7k) of a midwest city (130k). Middle class, def not rich. There were 5 new pickle ball courts and an urban soccer pitch with permanent built-in goals. There were about 40 teens there playing at 9pm, under the lights. That's a pretty good turnout in a small town. Way better than other trouble they could be making, actually getting together in person, and off their phones. A little funny that all the white kids were playing pickle ball, and immigrants/minorities were playing soccer. But hey, something for everyone.

The park also had 2 tennis courts, 2 full basketball courts, and 4 baseball fields which get good use during the day. Again, pretty good for a small suburb IMO.

By comparison to the neighborhood I grew up, the closest park was 5 miles away (not exaggerating). Yeah the boredom lead to troublemaking, and I'm a bit envious.

Anyone notice that every single fish they "caught" was completely dead? Eight fish and not a single one was squirming? One of them was only speared in the tail, that wouldn't be a kill shot.

Let's be honest, they didn't bait and trap anything. At best, maybe the show hid a couple of dead fish in their traps.

The conditions are ideal this year as there will be no moon. Peak time is midnight to 2am, local time.

I'm considering trying a time lapse this year.

What are your plans?

It's kind of scary and shows the weakness of the democratic brand. Democrats were doing better in 2018 than they are today, and Covid wasn't even on the radar yet. Trump is way more unhinged this term, but it doesn't look like Democrats are capitalizing on it.