beatles42o t1_je40bly wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:48 AM

Reply to comment by f1sh_ in Birdtown by Aggressive_Ad_4406

dumb as fucking mayors gotta learn you cant put basketball courts in madison park. every time they put one there the shootings come back. then they remove them and the shootings stop.

caveman123456 t1_je4gf06 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 10:38 AM

How long ago was that? Pretty sure those hoops have been back up for around 2 years and there haven’t been any shootings. What about all the random bar shooting in Lakewood that seem to happen every other month. Should we close all the bars ? You’re probably just as classy as Lennon actually was.

f1sh_ t1_je4q14w wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:19 PM

Just to play the devils advocate, both shootings I was present for in 2021 were due to basketball disputes.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/changes-underway-at-lakewoods-madison-park-after-shooting%3f_amp=true

WillisWigginton t1_je4ytmq wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:31 PM

I grew up in Lakewood during the time they removed every basketball court we had. Lakewood park, Madison park, the cages at Harding, YMCA wasn’t built yet. They tore down literally any half court tiny hoop as well they could find. It greatly affected all of us who played and in fact we biked and bussed to way worse parts of other neighboring cities just to be able to play again. Half the time the hoop wasn’t even the right size. Still a little salty about all this to this day. Removing hoops is not the way to go.