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opeathrowaway t1_iuhzzc6 wrote

I don’t have a library, so it’s buy the book in whatever format I want if I want to read it. I’ve been thinking about what to do with my books; when I move I’ll often post stacks that I’ve read and won’t return to on social media and give them away or sell them (a dollar or two or if it’s a friend they’ll get me a coffee or some candy I like). Other books I just donate to goodwill or the local shelter/youth center. There are only a few books I’m holding on to because I love them, that I haul with me from home to home.

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FlyingPurpleUnicorn t1_iuizv4e wrote

Forgive my curiosity, but why don't you have a library?

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opeathrowaway t1_iuje5ik wrote

The village I’m in has “Covid” hours & “school” hours in place 10am-1pm 2 days a week if the wind blows and the bird snorts at 3:27am on the third Friday of the month and won’t participate in any interlibrary loan, won’t post the catalog or anything schedule updates and if you call during post hours you can’t speak to anyone; forget email.

Basically my county in the US “has” a library in name only. It was absorbed by the high school about 10 years back and it quit being available to the public. Mostly farmers, Amish, and retired illiterate folks that worked at factories long shuddered.

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South_Honey2705 t1_iuk3wn7 wrote

Oh my gosh that's horrible. I thought I had it bad as a teenager in a one horse New Hampshire village with thee library being only open for 2 hours 1 day a week.

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opeathrowaway t1_iuk5r1j wrote

We’re in hardcore Midwest misery; tbf the biggest demographic that used the library died off in the last 5 or so years (age + covid) so with that and less and less funding, we’re lucky we have a school and adjacent library for them. The school district went from 2 elementary schools, a middle and high, but now we have all the kids in the high school.

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