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Do places like China and Cuba have better spaces for young people and people in general to hang out?
Lots of other countries have communal spaces and people are actually there. People are outside more often doing things together. Little public squares, parks within walking distance. It's pretty common in South America for there to be a covered, open-air space for sports and festivals and so on.
In the US these things, when they exist, require planning and transport to get there. They're not within walking distance. Maybe parks, but they're mostly unused and tend to be socially focused on children and parents.
After-school programs are the American bandaid option for this. You immediately lose all of it once you graduate though.
Lots of other countries have communal spaces and people are actually there. People are outside more often doing things together. Little public squares, parks within walking distance. It's pretty common in South America for there to be a covered, open-air space for sports and festivals and so on.
In the US these things, when they exist, require planning and transport to get there. They're not within walking distance. Maybe parks, but they're mostly unused and tend to be socially focused on children and parents.
After-school programs are the American bandaid option for this. You immediately lose all of it once you graduate though.