good prefab parks are actually really fun, provided it has a good mini, all the usual essentials, and lots of slick flat. concrete parks have their place but i dont think they can or should replace them
...concrete parks GENERALLY contain all of these implements. slick flat like that made of concrete, or you're looking for like a linoleum surface? Ice?
The point is, a real skateboard park builder, run by skateboarders, can build you a park to your town specifications, it will be more fun and dynamic, and you put some money is skater's pockets. This isn't an indictment of solid banked hips and flatbars, it's of a shitty company taking our fuckin' money, and giving us something back that is not worth the price tag.
If Wal-Mart made really solid blank decks and they were cheaper, would you buy 'em? Not even cheaper, just more readily available?
And regarding 'replacing' them, in the same article I referenced earlier, Carnie says something like, every city needs a 'crete park, a street plaza, a BMX park, and a bath house for the rollerbladers.
Just like any other municipality, it should be specialized. You don't see 'em playing baseball on the basketball court.
Also the parks should be lit, open all night, and you should be able to smoke as much pot and drink as much beer as you want in public. Fuck, they should sell beer! These are my demands.