“Classical music, opera, used to disperse teen loiterers”

I really hate news stories like this, mostly because they seem to confirm common suspicion that the young people are repelled by this old-fangled classical music business. And, not only that; in this specific case, at the London Public Library, it appears that this sensationalist statement is not entirely true. If you’re pumping ANY kind of music (and only two selections on endless loop!) through a tinny PA system, ANYONE would be repelled. It just happened that the area in front of the library was a popular hangout for teen smokers.

To me it seems another instance of attempting to prove a stereotype by forcing facts to fit thesis, not the other way around. Or is there any credence to this?

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