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"Why the heart of our city has to be overrun by crazy, homeless, drug dealers, dropouts, and trash I have no clue." It's a valid question. If there were crazy

"Why the heart of our city has to be overrun by crazy, homeless, drug dealers, dropouts, and trash I have no clue." It's a valid question. If there were crazy homeless drug dealing drop-out trash hanging out in front of my office building, begging for money every time I passed by on they way to my car, it'd be unsettling.

HNJohnC 13y ago
Unsettling sure, but it's not hard to understand for the majority of the populace only the very privileged few.
gopher1 13y ago
No, the valid question is, "What can we do as a society to reduce the amount of homeless in the city?" Asking about why a given location is the correct place to put them is not a valid question. Unless of course you're a sociopath who doesn't actually care about the well being of anyone other than yourself...
- deadfall 13y ago
  "Unless of course you're a sociopath who doesn't actually care about the well being of anyone other than yourself" IMO is at the top of the list of what's wrong. People don't have time to stop to think about why these people got themselves there. They are too busy trying to make their bosses/investors happy so they don't end up on the street, as well (I am in the same boat). I don't think we are all that far from a situation they are in. One accident could cause you to become disable and no longer able to work. Then when you ask someone for help they look at you like scum because you don't have clean clothes or a place to live. Some have the support that will help them to never be in this situation. Support is the key.
gulfie 13y ago
He moved to SF in late 2011. I'm guessing he moved to or was in the cheaper hipper places, which is exactly where the crazy, homeless, drug dealers, dropouts, and trash hang out. They were there before he was. How long has the Tenderloin been the way it has been, specifically how many decades? This is a rather standard gentrification wedge issue rhetoric being regurgitated without understanding the background. At least the PR people got to him this morning to start working on fixing the damage.
- samstave 13y ago
  2011?! He should have seen 5th/6th and mission in the 90s! Not to mentioned the tenderloin during the same period.

HNJohnC 13y ago

Unsettling sure, but it's not hard to understand for the majority of the populace only the very privileged few.

gopher1 13y ago

No, the valid question is, "What can we do as a society to reduce the amount of homeless in the city?" Asking about why a given location is the correct place to put them is not a valid question. Unless of course you're a sociopath who doesn't actually care about the well being of anyone other than yourself...

deadfall 13y ago
"Unless of course you're a sociopath who doesn't actually care about the well being of anyone other than yourself" IMO is at the top of the list of what's wrong. People don't have time to stop to think about why these people got themselves there. They are too busy trying to make their bosses/investors happy so they don't end up on the street, as well (I am in the same boat). I don't think we are all that far from a situation they are in. One accident could cause you to become disable and no longer able to work. Then when you ask someone for help they look at you like scum because you don't have clean clothes or a place to live. Some have the support that will help them to never be in this situation. Support is the key.

gulfie 13y ago

He moved to SF in late 2011. I'm guessing he moved to or was in the cheaper hipper places, which is exactly where the crazy, homeless, drug dealers, dropouts, and trash hang out. They were there before he was. How long has the Tenderloin been the way it has been, specifically how many decades? This is a rather standard gentrification wedge issue rhetoric being regurgitated without understanding the background. At least the PR people got to him this morning to start working on fixing the damage.

samstave 13y ago
2011?! He should have seen 5th/6th and mission in the 90s! Not to mentioned the tenderloin during the same period.