The street beggars are out of control

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a guy selling water in the median by the intersection of Georgia Ave and Military rd who drives me nuts. It’s so unsafe and also he has all these signs, little slogans, the water all the time. He’s more than demonstrating that he’s capable of managing a job and he’s fairly creative and entrepreneurial. So why should he get to run an unsafe, unlicensed, dangerous and annoying business in the middle of the road?

Why? Because you happen to encounter him on your drive home? Poor you. Should probably incarcerate him to spare your feelings.

DP this guy is causing a traffic hazard. His stuff is on a narrow median at a dangerous intersection and has blown into traffic. There is homeless and then there is traffic safety.

The streets are for everyone. The only hazard are the cars going to fast and blowing through red lights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a guy selling water in the median by the intersection of Georgia Ave and Military rd who drives me nuts. It’s so unsafe and also he has all these signs, little slogans, the water all the time. He’s more than demonstrating that he’s capable of managing a job and he’s fairly creative and entrepreneurial. So why should he get to run an unsafe, unlicensed, dangerous and annoying business in the middle of the road?

Why? Because you happen to encounter him on your drive home? Poor you. Should probably incarcerate him to spare your feelings.

DP this guy is causing a traffic hazard. His stuff is on a narrow median at a dangerous intersection and has blown into traffic. There is homeless and then there is traffic safety.

The streets are for everyone. The only hazard are the cars going to fast and blowing through red lights.

Totally agree, so that means no crazy drivers and also no aggressive homeless people blocking the road. The police should crack down on both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a guy selling water in the median by the intersection of Georgia Ave and Military rd who drives me nuts. It’s so unsafe and also he has all these signs, little slogans, the water all the time. He’s more than demonstrating that he’s capable of managing a job and he’s fairly creative and entrepreneurial. So why should he get to run an unsafe, unlicensed, dangerous and annoying business in the middle of the road?

Why? Because you happen to encounter him on your drive home? Poor you. Should probably incarcerate him to spare your feelings.

DP this guy is causing a traffic hazard. His stuff is on a narrow median at a dangerous intersection and has blown into traffic. There is homeless and then there is traffic safety.

The streets are for everyone. The only hazard are the cars going to fast and blowing through red lights.

No defense of reckless driving from me! But while public spaces are "for everyone," there needs to be some enforcement of appropriate standards for their use so they don't get spoiled and become unavailable to the members of the public who intend to use them properly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Singapore has very few homeless people or filth. We don't have to copy them, but neither is it true to pretend there's nothing DC could do about the crisis-level destruction of pur public spaces and violence in the streets.

Can you imagine the Union Station bathroom in Singapore? They would.lose their ever living minds!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a guy selling water in the median by the intersection of Georgia Ave and Military rd who drives me nuts. It’s so unsafe and also he has all these signs, little slogans, the water all the time. He’s more than demonstrating that he’s capable of managing a job and he’s fairly creative and entrepreneurial. So why should he get to run an unsafe, unlicensed, dangerous and annoying business in the middle of the road?

Why? Because you happen to encounter him on your drive home? Poor you. Should probably incarcerate him to spare your feelings.

DP this guy is causing a traffic hazard. His stuff is on a narrow median at a dangerous intersection and has blown into traffic. There is homeless and then there is traffic safety.

The streets are for everyone. The only hazard are the cars going to fast and blowing through red lights.

No defense of reckless driving from me! But while public spaces are "for everyone," there needs to be some enforcement of appropriate standards for their use so they don't get spoiled and become unavailable to the members of the public who intend to use them properly.

This is absolutely carbrained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a guy selling water in the median by the intersection of Georgia Ave and Military rd who drives me nuts. It’s so unsafe and also he has all these signs, little slogans, the water all the time. He’s more than demonstrating that he’s capable of managing a job and he’s fairly creative and entrepreneurial. So why should he get to run an unsafe, unlicensed, dangerous and annoying business in the middle of the road?

Why? Because you happen to encounter him on your drive home? Poor you. Should probably incarcerate him to spare your feelings.

DP this guy is causing a traffic hazard. His stuff is on a narrow median at a dangerous intersection and has blown into traffic. There is homeless and then there is traffic safety.

The streets are for everyone. The only hazard are the cars going to fast and blowing through red lights.

No defense of reckless driving from me! But while public spaces are "for everyone," there needs to be some enforcement of appropriate standards for their use so they don't get spoiled and become unavailable to the members of the public who intend to use them properly.

This is absolutely carbrained.

What is carbrained? I actually have public libraries front of mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Singapore has very few homeless people or filth. We don't have to copy them, but neither is it true to pretend there's nothing DC could do about the crisis-level destruction of pur public spaces and violence in the streets.

Can you imagine the Union Station bathroom in Singapore? They would.lose their ever living minds!!!

Maintaining nice and clean public spaces is also about equity. Even if you're poor, you also get to enjoy nice public amenities like everyone else. That's why life in Europe and many cities in Asia is centered so much more around life outside, as opposed to everyone hiding in their gated communities. But having clean cities also means not tolerating too much filth and public disorder like here in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Singapore has very few homeless people or filth. We don't have to copy them, but neither is it true to pretend there's nothing DC could do about the crisis-level destruction of pur public spaces and violence in the streets.

Can you imagine the Union Station bathroom in Singapore? They would.lose their ever living minds!!!

Maintaining nice and clean public spaces is also about equity. Even if you're poor, you also get to enjoy nice public amenities like everyone else. That's why life in Europe and many cities in Asia is centered so much more around life outside, as opposed to everyone hiding in their gated communities. But having clean cities also means not tolerating too much filth and public disorder like here in DC.

This!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Singapore has very few homeless people or filth. We don't have to copy them, but neither is it true to pretend there's nothing DC could do about the crisis-level destruction of pur public spaces and violence in the streets.

Can you imagine the Union Station bathroom in Singapore? They would.lose their ever living minds!!!

Maintaining nice and clean public spaces is also about equity. Even if you're poor, you also get to enjoy nice public amenities like everyone else. That's why life in Europe and many cities in Asia is centered so much more around life outside, as opposed to everyone hiding in their gated communities. But having clean cities also means not tolerating too much filth and public disorder like here in DC.

This country used to have some very nice public spaces. And then they were defunded and run down. Why? Because desegregation happened and white politicians didn’t want funding going to places where black and white members of the public could mix. This phenomenon is well documented. The Fairground Park pool in St. Louis being the best documented of many examples.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Singapore has very few homeless people or filth. We don't have to copy them, but neither is it true to pretend there's nothing DC could do about the crisis-level destruction of pur public spaces and violence in the streets.

Can you imagine the Union Station bathroom in Singapore? They would.lose their ever living minds!!!

Maintaining nice and clean public spaces is also about equity. Even if you're poor, you also get to enjoy nice public amenities like everyone else. That's why life in Europe and many cities in Asia is centered so much more around life outside, as opposed to everyone hiding in their gated communities. But having clean cities also means not tolerating too much filth and public disorder like here in DC.

This country used to have some very nice public spaces. And then they were defunded and run down. Why? Because desegregation happened and white politicians didn’t want funding going to places where black and white members of the public could mix. This phenomenon is well documented. The Fairground Park pool in St. Louis being the best documented of many examples.[/quote

Wow...let's dig 70 years back..are the liberal politicians in charge of DC also trying to fight desegregation by keeping Union Station filthy? ]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Singapore has very few homeless people or filth. We don't have to copy them, but neither is it true to pretend there's nothing DC could do about the crisis-level destruction of pur public spaces and violence in the streets.

Can you imagine the Union Station bathroom in Singapore? They would.lose their ever living minds!!!

Maintaining nice and clean public spaces is also about equity. Even if you're poor, you also get to enjoy nice public amenities like everyone else. That's why life in Europe and many cities in Asia is centered so much more around life outside, as opposed to everyone hiding in their gated communities. But having clean cities also means not tolerating too much filth and public disorder like here in DC.

This country used to have some very nice public spaces. And then they were defunded and run down. Why? Because desegregation happened and white politicians didn’t want funding going to places where black and white members of the public could mix. This phenomenon is well documented. The Fairground Park pool in St. Louis being the best documented of many examples.[/quote

Wow...let's dig 70 years back..are the liberal politicians in charge of DC also trying to fight desegregation by keeping Union Station filthy? ]

Look a bit harder and you might just figure out that the Council doesn’t have a lot of jurisdiction over Union Station.