Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcrba3m wrote on March 18, 2023 at 11:26 PM

Reply to comment by OpelSmith in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

Yeah that’s what they said about the camp at mill river. But my neighborhood was one of the closest and we dealt with the fall out for several years. We finally moved because we were unwilling to deal with it anymore. You can say ohh there are not bothering anyone. But they are, ask the closest neighborhood.

OpelSmith t1_jcref65 wrote on March 18, 2023 at 11:50 PM

No, you're just making up BS. I know you're making up BS because I'm bothered by homeless people all the time near my apartment downtown. I'm pretty sure one of our regulars on the corner came into our part-business building, saw my keys on the outside of my apartment door, stole them, and stole my bike in turn with them. And it all still happens without there being a tent city here.

All the packages and bikes stolen in East Rock keep on happening with Mill River camp gone too. Weird

Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcsaoxj wrote on March 19, 2023 at 4:15 AM

Lol. Not BS. S$#t on the sidewalk. Bottles, syringes and condoms everywhere. Occasional druggie wandering around as well as the mentally it all happened to me.

OpelSmith t1_jcta0u9 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 11:59 AM

Why is all this still happening without the camps then???

Marlinspikehall32 t1_jctder6 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 12:35 PM

Not sure to what you were referring but here is my timeline.

Lived happily in my neighborhood 5+ years

Encampment developed - big mess

We moved out after a year or so

They bulldozed the encampment -mess disappeared

I am not talking about packages on doorsteps. I am talking human excrement, used condoms, garbage every where, and encounters with druggies and mentally ill people regularly

xxJeffFoxworthyxx t1_jcu7tqh wrote on March 19, 2023 at 4:33 PM

Yeah, and none of that is solved — it just isn’t on your doorstep anymore. None of those people have been helped.

You didn’t want a compassionate solution — you wanted to stop being personally bothered by it.

Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcv4vi3 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 8:11 PM

Nowhere have I said they should’ve bulldozed. I have not advocated for that ever. Notice I just moved, but I did advocate, send letters, met with the council person and tried to effect change that would help these people become housed. I however empathize with both sides. When they emptied out the mill river neighborhood’s encampment they just moved to the other side of the city. I feel that free and affordable housing should be available to help people in a tough spot. Bulldozing is not the answer. Solving the housing and drug crisis is the answer.

Somehow you want me to be the bad guy here, not sure why.

OpelSmith t1_jctikfi wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:24 PM

Yeah I'm referring to the latter part, that it ever really stopped