Article source for : Don't Worry About Parks Going To The Dogs
This link, http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100305/NEWS16/3050324 , reads that among the first "services" to be closed to meet the budget deficit will be parks and swimming pools. Maybe the dog owners will be able to still use the parks (though the shorter dogs might be lost in the waist high grass by the end of summer) and will have less competition for space among people. Or maybe the teenagers will have better cover to hunt dogs with pellet guns (something to keep them occupied).