Friday nights are usually a way to de-stress from a long school week. Most teenagers who live in Smithtown, don’t have that many options on how they are spending their Friday nights. The main things students do in Smithtown is go to town, go to the mall or catch a movie at the movie theatre. These three things can get boring after a while.
Going to the mall quickly gets boring and repetitive. Also, since the price of a movie ticket went up to $11.00 it’s expensive for kids to go to the movies often. Town is fun but is really just based around the restaurants and small coffee houses like Starbucks. Marisa Sehested a sophomore states that “there are things to do in Smithtown you can go to the movies the mall or even red mango!”
Most students go to parties at peoples’ houses but they are rare to happen every weekend. Also most kids don’t have jobs so they don’t have a lot of money to go to places like the mall or the movies. Since most students don’t have cars they are very limited as to where they can go. Nicole LaMonica a sophomore from Smithtown West says that “Smithtown should offer more activities to do on the weekends so that kids don’t resort to destructive decisions such as alcohol or drugs.”’
Activities also vary due to the seasons. In the summer fun places like the beach, Adventureland and Splish Splash are open and then closed in the winter months. This gives students less options on what to do. As the winter months approach kids are left with even less things to do because of the cold weather. Emily Doveala a sophomore from Smithtown West states that “There aren’t really many things to do in the winter besides hanging out with your friends at someone’s house.” Some other activities include ice skating, bowling and many other activities.
If you have a car you have more options but then you still end up leaving Smithtown. Smithtown could really grow or feed the local economy if they had more activities for kids.
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