The_Prince1513 t1_j72fxqa wrote on February 3, 2023 at 4:22 PM

I don't understand why no candidate has the balls to just propose arresting, prosecuting, and jailing people shooting up on the street.

At this point I don't really give a fuck that it's a "disease" anymore. Yeah in a perfect world there'd be help, and I'd be happy to literally double my state income tax rate if it meant funding programs that actually got these people into (involuntary) treatment but honestly, I'm tired of giving a fuck about these people. Tired of not being able to use the El because homeless drug addicts are shooting up on the train at all hours of the day, tired of not being able to walk my dog without having to look out for loose needles. Tired of wondering if I should tell my in-laws to just drive in and spend 30 minutes looking for street parking rather than take the regional rail because it seems like every other week some crazy homeless person stabbed another one to death in a station.

Why the fuck should I care about all these drugged out junkies? I'd rather we put them in treatment, but honestly I just want them off the streets so jail will do just fine. The entire rest of our city shouldn't have to suffer because of these people.

[deleted] t1_j72l5in wrote on February 3, 2023 at 4:55 PM

Yeah I am with you in they need to be more stern on focusing to get Septa cleaner/safer. My parents live out in downingtown (where I grew up) and they are less and less comfortable driving in the roads now, especially on 76. They both are seniors and have the septa passes, but are afraid to take the train to Jefferson and transfer to the EL.

I feel the city just sees the development ramping up along American, Front and Frankford and they will just let the developers figure it out for them.

[deleted] t1_j72u4ps wrote on February 3, 2023 at 5:51 PM

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jersey_girl660 t1_j789ta3 wrote on February 4, 2023 at 9:00 PM

Because 1. We don’t have the room in jails 2. We don’t have the low crime required to divert police to do such a thing 3. It doesn’t work. It’s not actually going to fix the problem.

There are things that will fix the problem to the best degree we can but neither the public or the politicians want that because of stigma.

Septa really should be taking it more seriously though. Keeping trains and buses drug free is something doable. You can find places in the city to do your thing away from people before just shooting on the train.