It was pretty shocking to read today in the news that some young adults hate Modiin so much that they compared it to living in a concentration camp!
A 21 year old male posted to his Facebook page how bad it is in Modiin and said that it would be better to be in the gas chambers than to be in "this city". He generated a lot of discussion, with many people coming out and supporting his statement.
He explained what he said by saying that this feeling they have is due to the lack of entertainment options available in the city.
Funnily enough, residents of many other towns, including Bet Shemesh, keep their eyes to Modiin for their entertainment needs! In Modiin they have a skate park, bowling alley (which we now have in BS as well), movie theater among other things.
source: Mynet
While far be it from me to say whether there is enough entertainment available for the young generation in Modiin, it seems to me to be quite crass to say it is so bad that a gas chamber would be better. Comparing life to life in a gas chamber just because there is a shortage of bars and discos is truly insulting.
can youth be satisfied? no matter what or how much the city provides, eventually they will get bored with the available options, and will want more or different things. Is the answer to simply add more buses at night, so they can go to Tel Aviv and party all night long? A bedroom community like Modiin is never going to be able to provide enough entertainment to keep every kid happy all the time.
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Well then I guess we have our answer. No need to split the city, for our cultural and entertainment needs WE just need buses to Modiin.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is that Modiin has no character like a lot of the urban planning of the 80s and 90s (neighbourhoods built in 90s and 00s). Lots of apartment buildings, small local parks, a couple of large parks, smallish retail areas, but no longer are grand streets like Bialik (Ramat Gan), Ahuza (Raanana), Rabbi Akiva (BB) planned. I stay away from malls and so do other people, so if you only have malls, and dinky strip malls, then there is 'nothing to do'.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, a friend used to server on the police force in Herziliah. He said they had a lot of problems with the kids 'from good families' because they claimed they had 'nothing to do'. I know that kids in my area dream of having the 'life' of Herziliah.
Given that, I recall a trip to Rome a few years ago. I was amazed at the Spanish Steps which has hundreds, if not thousands of young people who just come to sit and chat. There is also an adjoining park which is beautiful. But kids in Rome probably think it is boring too.
frum newspapers can be entertaining
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We love living in Modi'in, but the older our children get, it is sinking in how true about there needing to be a lot more activities for the youth - a water park, a few museums, paint ball, lazer tag, etc etc Otherwise the youth could easily become stir crazy and could become involved in crime!!! Many mothers of older children speak about this often, and seek solutions!!! One friend recently suggested we have our older children go speak with the elderly and get to know them, make them happy......
ReplyDeleteThese youth have never been to gas chamber or remember those who went through it. For them to say that it is very insensitive to those who have loved ones died in the gas chamber during WWII. Youth is an age of endless dissatisfaction - whether they live in Modiin, Tel Aviv or New York. Parents and adults shouldn't just listen to them. i think Modiin city council has done a great deal to make things more interesting for different age groups - except that there are not many good restaurants here.
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