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I don't mean this in a confrontational way, I'm just being curious: have you been on Nextdoor? From my experience so far, the typical attitude of an average Ne
by CodeMage 7y ago
I don't mean this in a confrontational way, I'm just being curious: have you been on Nextdoor?
From my experience so far, the typical attitude of an average Nextdoor "neighbor" towards the homeless is not: "This is a problem, we have to do something for these poor people." Rather, it's: "This is a problem, I don't want it near me."
I don't know about Ballard, but people on Nextdoor in the Eastside neighborhoods have a penchant for NIMBYism and, as a side effect, truly do tend to exaggerate things.
I'm not saying we should just ignore homelessness, but exaggerated complaints on Nextdoor are definitely not the way to address the underlying problems.