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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcsaoxj wrote

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

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.

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OpelSmith t1_jcta0u9 wrote

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

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jctder6 wrote

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

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xxJeffFoxworthyxx t1_jcu7tqh wrote

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.

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcv4vi3 wrote

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.

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OpelSmith t1_jctikfi wrote

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

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