-" I want nice things for me and my family to do"
-"there's nothing to do in this town"
-"there's no place I can take my kids to do anything fun"
I've lived in a few different places, and I hear the same things. Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. People in DL think there's nothing to do and go to GF. People in GF go to Fargo, Fargo go to MPLS. Don't matter where you live, there's "never anything to do"
I think this activity center is a good idea for the town, how it's being designed/presented/cost is what will most likely lead to it's failure, just as the design/cost of the high school addition. People want nice new things, but don't want to pay.
Everybody wants these indoor playgrounds, parks, etc for their kids. Problem is when the admission fee is more than $2 they bitch about how much it costs and don't go.
I can't vote for any of it, don't care much one way or the other. If it's there, I'm sure I'd attend events that were held at it, if it's not there, then same old same old.
People are going to bitch either way, that's the way the world goes 'round