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No, because the library is just as much for them as it is for you. The best way to remove "homeless junkies" from your community is to help house and rehabilita

• stale2002 8y ago
  Ok, well then don't be surprised when we don't use the library, and instead use a cleaner, better comercial space.
  • lghh 8y ago
    Don't want to be associated with "The Poors"!
    • philwelch 8y ago
      Poor people are fine. Most poor people work for a living and are responsible members of society. I'm complaining about people who harass bystanders, abuse intravenous drugs in public, and defecate on the sidewalk.
• philwelch 8y ago
  You can’t rehabitate someone who doesn’t want to rehabilitate himself. The simple but politically incorrect fact is that the presence of these people makes public spaces dirtier, less inviting, and less safe for the rest of us. Saying the public library is just as much for me as it is for Fenatyl Joe is like saying the underside of the interstate is just as much for me as it is for Fenatyl Joe. Small town libraries are lovely. Urban libraries in places that don’t have an uncontrolled vagrancy epidemic are probably fine, too. In cities like Seattle and SF, exclusive, commercial spaces are significantly more inviting than public spaces.