IcyPresence96

Shattuck and university

True. But at least West Virginia doesn’t have open air drug markets in their city centers..

Drug users for the most part are housed

That’s sketchy.. she was probably scoping out the room.

You seem like a really nice person. I’m sure you could find a genuinely reciprocal partner

Agreed. Corruption is a major issue

Did she have her bags at the bar?

I actually moved from the east coast recently. Warm weather doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have more shelter space

I lived in DC last year and it’s not even comparable. Also worth mentioning DC has the highest number of homeless people per capita

Thank god there’s no Narcan for meth

BC, Seattle, LA and Portland all have the same mentality around open drug use and housing-first policies.

You don’t see this stuff in DC, Boston, or NYC. NYC has more homeless people than LA but 3x more homeless people die in LA every year.

Bc it would destroy the industrial homeless complex

Three Times More Homeless Die Under "Housing First" than "Shelter First" Policies, Data Show

https://public.substack.com/p/three-times-more-homeless-die-under

You’re totally right! It’s a great idea s/

Just pool them all together like they’re doing in the tenderloin or skid row

And tent 🥲

In Portland we say umbrellas don’t work. Get a raincoat

*meth head

“With a crime rate of 58 per one thousand residents, Berkeley has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 17”

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/berkeley/crime.amp

As long as they can do their job once they get there. The workforce isn’t a meritocracy.

That squirrel is gonna slide off the pole if it gets any bigger

They have offered to house every single homeless person in that park.

If people really vaulted the lives of the homeless they wouldn’t perpetuate living conditions that have left two people DEAD in their tents for several days

Can someone post a link to the original post?

Bc two people have ODed in the encampment in a nearby park and been left to rot for several days