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I took this pic at 71st and Greenway, Phila Pa. This area is very"urban" with a housing development and all. Do they need the internet? Have you been places where it's safer to keep your head down when you walk to avoid seeing any "dangerous activity"? Have you lived where the billboards advertise Malt Liquor? That stuff is nasty! How about where schools have more security guards than students? A young person has to look up somewhere to see that what's in front of them is not the only thing that matters. They have to know GTA is not the only game out there or that Music is just a small facet of the many things they can learn and discuss.
The internet can be what you make it, that part of it's "Net Neutrality" . I'm sorry that the libraries are threatened by the online reference tools, but when the one you go to doesn't have anything to help you mentally "elevate" yourself, what's the use? Many of the comments I read on this situation blames the old Mayor for Earthlink not finishing the Philly Wifi project. I'm not into Politics, I'm into less kids failing tests and more kids having that look in their eyes when they've just learned something new. Do they need the internet? WE ALL NEED THE INTERNET!!!