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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That report explains why some people on this thread think there's plenty of play space and other's don't  It varies widely by neighborhood and Mount Pleasant is one of the under-resourced areas.

There was open space near Mount Pleasant at 17th and Piney Branch that served as a workable make-shift soccer field.  You'd regularly see mostly Latino men playing pick up games there, and it was a great resource for the community.    Until the NPS decided to plant trees throughout the whole space.

The NPS doesn't care if people in nearby neighborhoods have places to play sports.   That's not their mandate.  They assume that's the domain of DPR and DCPS, which unfortunately don't have much space in many neighborhoods, or regularly keep fields locked.[/quote]

It makes me think that the people on this thread who think there's plenty of play space work for the city. Folks at DPR insist there's no shortage, even while they're asked to mediate intense battles over fields space; people who complain about not having fields are just "whiny." DCPS insists there's no need to open their space to the public, go to DPR. Meanwhile, look at the numbers, there's an objective shortage of recreational space. [/quote]

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