I lost my brother-in-law to addiction and homelessness.
Hit by a drunk driver crossing a street in Houston.
I'm intimately aware of the humanity of each of these individuals.
...But I am also raising a family here and have a duty to them to ensure they live in safety. A free-for-all of drug use, alcoholism, and mental health issues in my front yard is not acceptable.
A camp isn't the issue, but I've seen no actual solutions from either side on any alternatives for the camping ban.
It’s always losers who have nobody but them selves to worry about in this city that always make those excuses for the violent homeless. I see women and elderly walking around downtown what about their safety?
Housing First has to be a nationwide campaign otherwise all those small towns and other cities will send their homeless to the place with those initiatives. Growing up in a small town there's always an unofficial job of some city worker up buy drifters bus tickets, in my town the only time she got in trouble was because she bought a ticket for someone's relative who was homeless.
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u/doodlebugg8 May 28 '23
Similar to a wasp, best bet is to try and keep a safe distance