Helpful-Substance685 t1_iutjf3k wrote on November 2, 2022 at 10:23 PM

Reply to comment by Taysir385 in Homeless People in Lancaster CA Are Being Forced to Live in the Desert by xCeladon

Nope.

But clearly you are seriously trying to troll or trying valiantly to miss the point. I don't know who the criminals are within the groups that moved in but I do know that these circumstances did not exist before those groups moved in.

I don't know how you like to live, but I don't want to live in a slum. California taxes (which I pay) are too damn high for me to have to live in filth and crime that neither myself, my neighbors nor the business owners in my area caused.

You can blame (or not blame) whoever you like but it doesn't change the fact that homelessness brings crime and filthy conditions.

Those are facts and that is the end of this silly conversation. Argue with yourself if you like.

Taysir385 t1_iuuir7z wrote on November 3, 2022 at 2:37 AM

> You can blame (or not blame) whoever you like but it doesn't change the fact that homelessness brings crime and filthy conditions.

I genuinely hope that you yourself are never lumped in to a group of people you're not a part of, and blamed for their actions.

Stay safe, friend.

Helpful-Substance685 t1_iuuwcth wrote on November 3, 2022 at 4:40 AM

You are saying that every person and situation should be treated individually and with dignity and you are 100% right about this.

I'm saying that my neighborhood has changed drastically for the worse because of a huge migration of people to my area. I didn't say everyone in that group is a criminal but crime has risen drastically and I didn't say everyone in this group litters but it looks like a landfill right around the corner from my house right now.

Your perspective (how an individual unhoused person is judged) and mine (how I'm affected by a drastic change in crime and trash in my area) are from different conversations and really shouldn't be addressed together.

Our goal is the same though. Help every single person in the way they uniquely need to be helped so that all of our issues can be addressed simultaneously.

You stay safe too and I hope you have a good night or day wherever you may be.