If libraries were open late they would be filled with homeless people looking for a safe, warm place.

What I’m saying is we need safe warm places for the homeless AND libraries to be open late.

After a short while, the library owners would realize that they could make a lot more money if they served alcohol in the evenings.

I can’t express enough how badly I want this.

That’s called a community centre and used to be pretty common. Growing up we had multiple that were run by the local Catholic organizations, and I think there were also some that were run by the youth branch of the various political parties.

But a key component of such a place being success is having a certain kind of open culture. There’s countries where if you throw 10 strangers in a room and return an hour later, you’ll find 10 strangers on their phone, having not uttered a single word to each other.

Gaming stores for some board games and DnD.