Places are starting to think minors are bad for business because they’re more likely to cause disturbances (and often hang around without spending money)
A lot of these businesses are creating curfews for unaccompanied teens after around 2/3pm on Fridays and weekends, banning them on Fridays/weekends altogether, and/or banning them in the afternoon every day of the week (although some of the bans, like at the boardwalk, are after around 8pm). Some are banning them outright.
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"They're being unruly, violating code of conduct, which can include running through the property in large groups, fighting and putting it on TikTok, basically disrupting business and making it uncomfortable for our everyday customers”
Quote from the general manager of the oldest mall in New Jersey
Deadass, we need to do something like this before the fash beat us to the punch. America is alienation central and think of how many isolated young people we can deprogram, or at the very least sincerely help with shit like this. And the fash did it in Italy
In this boring shithole of a country, we might make some genuine strides on bringing some actual fun.