Of nine leisure activities, visiting a library is the one Americans did most frequently in the past year, followed by attending movies and live sporting events.
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That's an average, so some people go way more, some people go way less. Families I know with kids are taking their kids there every two weeks, sometimes every week because it's a free place to go, and there are free activities. So that's going to drive the average up. I mostly use my library digitally so I don't visit as often as I used to, but I still physically visit several times a year for different reasons. People also go to use the computer and other services, so I think the number is pretty believable as an average. Sure, there are lots of people who never darken the door of their local library all year long, but there are other people who are there every Tuesday morning for toddler story hour.
That’s an average, so some people go way more, some people go way less. Families I know with kids are taking their kids there every two weeks, sometimes every week because it’s a free place to go, and there are free activities. So that’s going to drive the average up.
Sure, but there are also people who go to the movies all the time too. Just google "US literacy rate" and you'll get a few different numbers all putting complete illiteracy over 10%. How in the world is a country full of people who don't know how to read and culturally have no desire to seek out books to read for fun or for learning visiting the library twice as often as the movies which make up 99% of their pop culture?
Movies are expensive, libraries are free. They have movies they lend you for free. They have computers you can use for free. I live in a poor area and the library is always busy every time I go in. A lot of people go there to use the computers, even if they're not checking out War and Peace.
That's an average, so some people go way more, some people go way less. Families I know with kids are taking their kids there every two weeks, sometimes every week because it's a free place to go, and there are free activities. So that's going to drive the average up. I mostly use my library digitally so I don't visit as often as I used to, but I still physically visit several times a year for different reasons. People also go to use the computer and other services, so I think the number is pretty believable as an average. Sure, there are lots of people who never darken the door of their local library all year long, but there are other people who are there every Tuesday morning for toddler story hour.
Sure, but there are also people who go to the movies all the time too. Just google "US literacy rate" and you'll get a few different numbers all putting complete illiteracy over 10%. How in the world is a country full of people who don't know how to read and culturally have no desire to seek out books to read for fun or for learning visiting the library twice as often as the movies which make up 99% of their pop culture?
They aren't. It's just not true.
Movies are expensive, libraries are free. They have movies they lend you for free. They have computers you can use for free. I live in a poor area and the library is always busy every time I go in. A lot of people go there to use the computers, even if they're not checking out War and Peace.