A Skatepark Benefits a Community

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Why do we need skateparks? This has been a long running question that many of us do not really know the answer to. There is many opposing views on a skatepark and there are many views that support the cause. The main point is why they are beneficial to a community and the inhabitants alike. They bring much joy through the years for people of all ages and are a great addition for its cost. Skateparks are beneficial because they promote less crime, promote health and healthy lifestyles, and they are a great for community development.

There are many stereotypes that skateboarding and biking and while some of the stereotypes are positive there are a vast majority of stereotypes that are negative and misleading. The negative usually slander the name of the sport and say that it promotes crime being the most prevalent of all of them. It is said that skateboarding and biking promote a negative lifestyle and lead kids into crimes such as: graffiti, smoking, sex, unlawful use of property, trespassing, bullying, and breaking and entering just to name a few. This being said it would be a necessity for a skatepark in a community to promote less crime in that area and give the people of the sport a place to ride without being slandered and abiding by the laws by having a place to do the sport. The reason why a rider may trespass is because that spot has the best what is called “line” where they would do a series of tricks in that area and put it together in a string. Some if not many of the time the rider is not even aware that he or she is trespassing until somebody comes out and yells at them or law enforcement becomes involved. These stereotypes should be put to the test and stopped as popular studies have shown th...

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