During this field study we talked about what happened after the revamping of Barcelona for the Olympics. The building that housed the olympians were supposed to become low income housing but instead became rather abandoned. This area started to have an issue with crime. In order to end the crime, the city decided to revamp the neighborhood and make it a cultural and educational center for the young people of Barcelona. The University of Barcelona has a campus around here, there are several signs posted advertising club meetings and small cafes for students to hang out at. There is also a very popular skateboarding area in Raval. I believe it was an interesting solution for Barcelona to revamp this area into a cultural center and how proactive they were in ending the crime in this area. By creating a lot of attractions in this area, people bring their families and young people can relax in this area. Making an area with a lot of traffic and a lot of people hanging around makes people less likely to participate in crime. I feel like this was actually quite a smart approach, but very risky because I do not know if something like this would work where I'm from.
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