Has Au/tenley town gotten seedier? Lots of homeless and random people

[Anonymous]

There were numerous stabbings at Cathedral Commons last year and the area in general has become much more dangerous. People are being accosted for money so it's just a matter of time. Stay alert don't let it be you. Cheh tried to warn you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't been before COVID. But today we walked around and noticed a lot of randos loitering and hanging out at the chick fila and Panera, both inside and out. Also lots of homeless people loitering around. Felt seedier than before. Have things gone down hill? Is this the new norm?

I just went for a walk around Fort Reno, which included going down Wisconsin by that very area. The most sketchy thing was the continued presence of the shut down metro escalators and the vacant starbucks storefront. No one accosted me, no one bothered me, at no time did I feel anything beyond it's a heck of a nice night for late June right next to the summer solstice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's the combination of

increased census at Psychiatric Institute of Washington. Mentally ill + indigent patients attract family members who, sometimesNOTalways, are also low-functioning

an increase in the fentanyl-methy mush brained paranoid guys that NPS allows to live in the little triangle pocket parks, screaming and writing furiously about End Times. NPS also looks the other way when these guys set up tents in the bushes adjacent to Deal/JR

sorta Friendship Place (but not really, because their constituency tends to arrive purposefully for meals then leave / they don't loiter)

THREE count 'em THREE "vape" shops on Wisconsin that definitely, for sure only sell paraphernalia. The young males lurking in the overgrown weedy trees 1 block away on Belt Rd. are most definitely not getting high. Nor are they waiting for a connect.

Hundreds of newish neighbors brought to the Wisconsin and Connecticut corridors with Sec. 8 vouchers. They are visited by their friends sometimes.

And before the inevitable race card gets played, two of the cohorts I've described are predominantly white. Another one is super diverse _looking_, and one is majority black.

-- long-time resident who just loves the new Vibrancy.

Lol... "what I am saying isn't racist because I say so" is such a great excuse!

Try harder. I'm unapologetically classist. I wish these groups of people would go somewhere else and that my neighborhood would revert to the way it was about 6 years ago. I DGAF how much melanin these guys have, or don't have -- I dislike their behaviors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's the combination of

increased census at Psychiatric Institute of Washington. Mentally ill + indigent patients attract family members who, sometimesNOTalways, are also low-functioning

an increase in the fentanyl-methy mush brained paranoid guys that NPS allows to live in the little triangle pocket parks, screaming and writing furiously about End Times. NPS also looks the other way when these guys set up tents in the bushes adjacent to Deal/JR

sorta Friendship Place (but not really, because their constituency tends to arrive purposefully for meals then leave / they don't loiter)

THREE count 'em THREE "vape" shops on Wisconsin that definitely, for sure only sell paraphernalia. The young males lurking in the overgrown weedy trees 1 block away on Belt Rd. are most definitely not getting high. Nor are they waiting for a connect.

Hundreds of newish neighbors brought to the Wisconsin and Connecticut corridors with Sec. 8 vouchers. They are visited by their friends sometimes.

And before the inevitable race card gets played, two of the cohorts I've described are predominantly white. Another one is super diverse _looking_, and one is majority black.

-- long-time resident who just loves the new Vibrancy.

Lol... "what I am saying isn't racist because I say so" is such a great excuse!

Try harder. I'm unapologetically classist. I wish these groups of people would go somewhere else and that my neighborhood would revert to the way it was about 6 years ago. I DGAF how much melanin these guys have, or don't have -- I dislike their behaviors.

+100

Also noticed that the booeymonger all the way up by the old mazza is now a convenience and liquor store…with armed guards. It’s just gonna keep sprawling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also noticed that some stores like chick fila have armed guard now

They MUST be racist! I mean why do you need an armed guard in Tenleytown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's the combination of

increased census at Psychiatric Institute of Washington. Mentally ill + indigent patients attract family members who, sometimesNOTalways, are also low-functioning

an increase in the fentanyl-methy mush brained paranoid guys that NPS allows to live in the little triangle pocket parks, screaming and writing furiously about End Times. NPS also looks the other way when these guys set up tents in the bushes adjacent to Deal/JR

sorta Friendship Place (but not really, because their constituency tends to arrive purposefully for meals then leave / they don't loiter)

THREE count 'em THREE "vape" shops on Wisconsin that definitely, for sure only sell paraphernalia. The young males lurking in the overgrown weedy trees 1 block away on Belt Rd. are most definitely not getting high. Nor are they waiting for a connect.

Hundreds of newish neighbors brought to the Wisconsin and Connecticut corridors with Sec. 8 vouchers. They are visited by their friends sometimes.

And before the inevitable race card gets played, two of the cohorts I've described are predominantly white. Another one is super diverse _looking_, and one is majority black.

-- long-time resident who just loves the new Vibrancy.

Did you vote for it and not expect it to come to your neighborhood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't been before COVID. But today we walked around and noticed a lot of randos loitering and hanging out at the chick fila and Panera, both inside and out. Also lots of homeless people loitering around. Felt seedier than before. Have things gone down hill? Is this the new norm?

So when you were walking around, were you not also a rando loitering and hanging out? How were the rest of us to know the difference between you (proper, not loitering) and the randos (seedy, loitering)?

By the way they are dressed, hygiene and the way they are acting and they aren't eating food just hanging out. They don't look like college students, seedy is a good word.

What do college students look like?

Generally not a 60yo dirty guy with raggedy clothes and bad teeth. But I could be wrong!

How do YOU know he wasn’t enrolled? Signed, a leftist

[Anonymous]

I no longer live in the area but used to spend a lot of time in Tenleytown. It is sad to read about its decline. It used to be a charming neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

It was worse in the 90s.

[Anonymous]

I've noticed it too OP

[Anonymous]

I’ve been joking in this thread, but I honestly feel badly for those that are going through this and are at least trying to vote the offenders out. You might want to consider a move in the future

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's the combination of

increased census at Psychiatric Institute of Washington. Mentally ill + indigent patients attract family members who, sometimesNOTalways, are also low-functioning

an increase in the fentanyl-methy mush brained paranoid guys that NPS allows to live in the little triangle pocket parks, screaming and writing furiously about End Times. NPS also looks the other way when these guys set up tents in the bushes adjacent to Deal/JR

sorta Friendship Place (but not really, because their constituency tends to arrive purposefully for meals then leave / they don't loiter)

THREE count 'em THREE "vape" shops on Wisconsin that definitely, for sure only sell paraphernalia. The young males lurking in the overgrown weedy trees 1 block away on Belt Rd. are most definitely not getting high. Nor are they waiting for a connect.

Hundreds of newish neighbors brought to the Wisconsin and Connecticut corridors with Sec. 8 vouchers. They are visited by their friends sometimes.

And before the inevitable race card gets played, two of the cohorts I've described are predominantly white. Another one is super diverse _looking_, and one is majority black.

-- long-time resident who just loves the new Vibrancy.

Lol... "what I am saying isn't racist because I say so" is such a great excuse!

Try harder. I'm unapologetically classist. I wish these groups of people would go somewhere else and that my neighborhood would revert to the way it was about 6 years ago. I DGAF how much melanin these guys have, or don't have -- I dislike their behaviors.

+100

Also noticed that the booeymonger all the way up by the old mazza is now a convenience and liquor store…with armed guards. It’s just gonna keep sprawling.

Really? That makes me sad. Spend so many post high school afternoons there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't been before COVID. But today we walked around and noticed a lot of randos loitering and hanging out at the chick fila and Panera, both inside and out. Also lots of homeless people loitering around. Felt seedier than before. Have things gone down hill? Is this the new norm?

So when you were walking around, were you not also a rando loitering and hanging out? How were the rest of us to know the difference between you (proper, not loitering) and the randos (seedy, loitering)?

By the way they are dressed, hygiene and the way they are acting and they aren't eating food just hanging out. They don't look like college students, seedy is a good word.

What do college students look like?

I would also like to know what college students look like.

College students generally have most of their teeth, don’t stink, talk to air or crap in the bushes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't been before COVID. But today we walked around and noticed a lot of randos loitering and hanging out at the chick fila and Panera, both inside and out. Also lots of homeless people loitering around. Felt seedier than before. Have things gone down hill? Is this the new norm?

So when you were walking around, were you not also a rando loitering and hanging out? How were the rest of us to know the difference between you (proper, not loitering) and the randos (seedy, loitering)?

By the way they are dressed, hygiene and the way they are acting and they aren't eating food just hanging out. They don't look like college students, seedy is a good word.

What do college students look like?

Generally not a 60yo dirty guy with raggedy clothes and bad teeth. But I could be wrong!

How do YOU know he wasn’t enrolled? Signed, a leftist

This is a very astute point. I shall not make unfounded assumptions from here on out. I thank you for this teachable moment!

[Anonymous]

It got worse after Fannie Mae left the neighborhood.