There are definitely perks to living in each of these places.
Library -- You get to read to your heart's content. You can travel wherever and whenever you want through the power of the written word. You can use the strips of paper and the golf pencils to write your own novel or leave notes in the stacks. Sleeping in the children's section on a bean bag or curling up in the reference section because it's always quiet. If you live in a neighborhood library, then there would be movies and music to entertain you as well, you would just have to find some place to play them.
Museum -- There will always be a food court or some sort of snack-y place here, unlike the library. You can sleep in the exhibits and explore and learn to your heart's content. You can play with the ancient toys or musical instruments and you can compare yourself to the height of mummies because I swear they're smaller than contemporary humans. You can leave notes and play around with the security guards. Living in a museum reminds me of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. If I were to live in a Chicago museum, I'm not sure which one I would pick, though I feel like it would probably be the Field Museum.
Zoo -- Living at the zoo might be the most terrifying prospect if only because predators could eat you if you went exploring in the exhibits. Then again, there would be an endless supply of food and you would be able to cuddle with the cuddly animals. You could climb around with the monkeys and go swimming with the penguins (or the fishes), and then of course you could pet every single animal that looks so soft, but you're always separated by glass.
I would love to live in a library. As it is, I spend a lot of time at my local library and the libraries of the surrounding suburbs because sometimes the suburban libraries just have a better selection. Sorry, Chicago Public. I could easily live in a library because I'm curious about so much, and I would love to read about everything. I really want to learn more about just about everything with the exception of lots of the sciences because I'm bad at learning about them in the first place. I know that living in a library probably wouldn't be the most social life because well, you have to be quiet in the library, but I can always invite friends over after hours and we could bask in the silence. I can just imagine how cozy a library is in all its quiet.
"A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book."
- E.B. White
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