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slinkygay t1_j6cvd2i wrote

Reply to comment by upcountry_degen in Can we talk about the Armory (Dexter Park) and the subsequent influx of homeless/addicts/drunks in the area? by [deleted]

Genuine question: what’s your source for claiming that a lot of the people at the Armory have somewhere else to live? If that’s the case, why are they not living there?

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RainbowJay t1_j6dpqy8 wrote

I can’t link to a source but I have spoken to a city official in the previous administration who told me that in interviews they conducted in Kennedy plaza and Crossroads a surprisingly large number of people who by and large were deemed “homeless” had permanent housing but there were other issues, especially addiction that led to them being on the streets. Just makes the problem more complex to address.

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slinkygay t1_j6g23r9 wrote

I guess I’m confused about how you can simultaneously have permanent housing and be unable to stay in that housing. Realistically, no one has a comfortable safe indoor place to stay and decides “spending the night in sub-thirty temperatures in the Armory sounds better.” Maybe “permanent housing” means family that they are no longer welcome to stay w because of their addiction? If that’s the case, then they don’t have permanent housing

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RainbowJay t1_j6g4wa7 wrote

I think what was being referred to is people identifying folks as homeless who aren’t. Might not apply to the armory situation but more in KP or other parts of town where people might be hanging out but not necessarily unhoused.

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upcountry_degen t1_j6k535j wrote

No, they explicitly state they have apartments. Not sure why I got downvoted like that when I have a substantial amount of first hand experience with the situation and the population in general, but that’s Reddit for you, speculation confirming the bias of the average user of a given sub will always receive more positive reaction than first hand knowledge which doesn’t jive with a preconceived idea

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upcountry_degen t1_j6cya98 wrote

First hand experience with the population. I don’t know if I would say “a lot”, but certainly more than a few. The reason? They never really say, but whatever it is it’s the same reason they hang out in parks, playgrounds and sidewalks all day and night, in all different weather, despite having places to stay.

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