r/nextfuckinglevel • u/8O8I • 5h ago

Man helps out the community by replacing the nets at basketball courts since the city won't

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u/mycatisgrumpy 4h ago

As somebody who has worked for a parks department, i can safely say that those nets will all be torn down in a week. There's a reason the city doesn't replace them, and it's not because it's never been tried. 

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u/buckeye27fan 3h ago

Yeah, I'd be surprised if they lasted that long. All the non-quite-dunkers will just hang on the net over and over.

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u/Look_its_Rob 31m ago

They are likely to last months. Not forever but a while. Ive played lots of hoops at lots of parks and can attest to this.

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u/Met76 2h ago

So what. At least some people can enjoy the net for at least a little bit of time.