Comments

You must log in or register to comment.

allhailthehale t1_ja1enzh wrote

The Armory was a badly implemented, thrown apart non-solution that isn't meeting the needs of the people it was serving. It doesn't even have indoor bathrooms, for fucks sake. Seems like it was a pretty transparent attempt to move the unhoused people from downtown into... wherever they could-- in this case a heavily used neighborhood park. So in that way, yeah, I'm in agreement with WBNA. It's not a permanent solution, and I suppose it's not going to serve anyone to let the state act like it is. So perhaps a firm deadline is a good approach.

But I also live across from the park, run there nearly daily as a woman, and I think a lot of these complaints are totally blown out of proportion. Are there unhoused people clustered in groups hanging out? Yes. Is there some kind of dramatic increase in sirens and crime? Nah, that's just WBNA being.... WBNA.

16

GhostOpera406 OP t1_ja3tdov wrote

Well put. We need to solve the underlying issue and stop passing these folks around like a game of hot potato.

4

barsoapguy t1_ja3ne6k wrote

You run their daily now…as time goes on it’s likely you’ll change your pattern.

Attack after attack after attack on women joggers all over the country when encampments get set up is just how these things play out .

It’s not their fault because many of them are mentally Ill but that does nothing for women who might want to walk in their own neighborhood unmolested.

−1

PJfanRI t1_ja0v2i8 wrote

NIMBY strikes again

15

GhostOpera406 OP t1_ja11xr3 wrote

Yeah, it's striking to see other progressive folks center their concerns with safety when we have an epidemic of unhoused folks. Their concerns are not without merit, however, it would have been great if they could have actually placed emphasis and effort into solving the underlying issue, rather than trying to simply get rid of their discomfort by shipping these folks out of their neighborhood. But, alas, the affliction of cognitive dissonance is non-partisan.

13

Desperate_Expert_952 t1_ja1g9bq wrote

Homeless shelters of course bring crime and drugs! That’s not the point stop being a Karen. We are trying to help other humans. Yes some commit property crimes, do drugs, and maybe maybe just maybe crimes of violences. It’s the cost you pay for being a good human and helping the less fortunate. I live next to nylo and understand.

−1

GhostOpera406 OP t1_ja3wnov wrote

We need to address why people commit crime. They need stability, housing, intensive mental health care, and mentorship. People need to have the conditions and guidance necessary to reach self-actualization.

3

Desperate_Expert_952 t1_ja468iw wrote

They are “committing crimes” out of necessity to but food on the table for themselves or family.

2