Just did a tour in DC after Touring Boston , DC is really bad homeless drugs scary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big homeless area in Boston is outside the main tourist area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_and_Cass

Former Boston resident (but way back in the 90s), I think it's this. You can tour around Back Bay, Public Gardens, Faneuil Hall, even the Financial District, etc. and not run across the same number of homeless as you would touring around downtown DC. It's broken up now, but the homeless encampment around McPherson Square was particularly egregious (and scary, sad to say). So maybe it's not that Boston has fewer overall, but they're more out of sight from tourists.

Sigh. No “maybe” about it. Boston’s homeless problem is as big as DC’s. FACT. See previous posts.

GOOGLE people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The big homeless area in Boston is outside the main tourist area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_and_Cass

This is a great idea , DC homeless are in areas that the public use like metro stops etc they should move them to one area and lock them in to avoid scaring the public.

[Anonymous]

There’s an underlying implication in Boston that any provocation will be responded to swiftly and disproportionately. This is probably necessary to keep certain groups from habitually acting out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s an underlying implication in Boston that any provocation will be responded to swiftly and disproportionately. This is probably necessary to keep certain groups from habitually acting out.

Why doesn't DC have working seasons with Boston to control the crime problem?

[Anonymous]

Maybe Jeff could set up a separate forum for all of the posts hating on DC forum. Like, the "Hating On DC" forum. That would reduce a lot of the repetitive spam on this forum. If there were a "Hating on DC" forum and also a "Hating on Bike Lanes" forum, it would be even better. Or maybe they could be combined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe Jeff could set up a separate forum for all of the posts hating on DC forum. Like, the "Hating On DC" forum. That would reduce a lot of the repetitive spam on this forum. If there were a "Hating on DC" forum and also a "Hating on Bike Lanes" forum, it would be even better. Or maybe they could be combined.

He has one. It is called Metropolitan DC Local Politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big homeless area in Boston is outside the main tourist area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_and_Cass

Former Boston resident (but way back in the 90s), I think it's this. You can tour around Back Bay, Public Gardens, Faneuil Hall, even the Financial District, etc. and not run across the same number of homeless as you would touring around downtown DC. It's broken up now, but the homeless encampment around McPherson Square was particularly egregious (and scary, sad to say). So maybe it's not that Boston has fewer overall, but they're more out of sight from tourists.

Sigh. No “maybe” about it. Boston’s homeless problem is as big as DC’s. FACT. See previous posts.

GOOGLE people.

Boston & DC's numbers are basically the same and PP hit it on the head, the homeless are in a non-touristy area of town. MAYBE you should calm down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big homeless area in Boston is outside the main tourist area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_and_Cass

Former Boston resident (but way back in the 90s), I think it's this. You can tour around Back Bay, Public Gardens, Faneuil Hall, even the Financial District, etc. and not run across the same number of homeless as you would touring around downtown DC. It's broken up now, but the homeless encampment around McPherson Square was particularly egregious (and scary, sad to say). So maybe it's not that Boston has fewer overall, but they're more out of sight from tourists.

Sigh. No “maybe” about it. Boston’s homeless problem is as big as DC’s. FACT. See previous posts.

GOOGLE people.

Boston & DC's numbers are basically the same and PP hit it on the head, the homeless are in a non-touristy area of town. MAYBE you should calm down.

Boston winters solve homelessness there. DC winters are mild now

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have noticed this, too, specifically about Boston.

Without turning this into the 14th "DC homeless fentanyl Tenley sucks!" thread of the week ...

... does anyone know why Boston seemingly alone among large cities doesn't have the Night of the Living Dead, meth zombie encampments ? I mean, even TEXAS / Gov. Abbott big cities now have this problem (despite their willingness to ship ppl out on a Greyhound and lock up everyone for everything)

My relatives told me Boston forced all the poor people to move out in the 90s

This is probably true, but basically Massachusetts is the best state on almost any measure of social well-being. Across the board in so many categories.

False

No, this is true. Health, education, etc. If you ask someone who looks at state level data a lot (which isn’t that useful in most cases but we do it because of government), you can pretty much count on Alabama and Mississippi to be in the bottom five of everything and Massachusetts to be top five.

[Anonymous]

Homelessness numbers aren’t a good comparison for what the OP is saying because most homeless people don’t appear to be homeless. OP is talking about a subset of people sleeping outside.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised people don't know about Boston's methadone mile. I pass by several times a month and it's no different from any other city's homeless phenomenon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised people don't know about Boston's methadone mile. I pass by several times a month and it's no different from any other city's homeless phenomenon.

A PP upthread linked to the Wikipedia entry about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_and_Cass

It seems more concentrated there in Boston, and thus easier to avoid, than in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe Jeff could set up a separate forum for all of the posts hating on DC forum. Like, the "Hating On DC" forum. That would reduce a lot of the repetitive spam on this forum. If there were a "Hating on DC" forum and also a "Hating on Bike Lanes" forum, it would be even better. Or maybe they could be combined.

He has one. It is called Metropolitan DC Local Politics.

True, alas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big homeless area in Boston is outside the main tourist area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_and_Cass

Former Boston resident (but way back in the 90s), I think it's this. You can tour around Back Bay, Public Gardens, Faneuil Hall, even the Financial District, etc. and not run across the same number of homeless as you would touring around downtown DC. It's broken up now, but the homeless encampment around McPherson Square was particularly egregious (and scary, sad to say). So maybe it's not that Boston has fewer overall, but they're more out of sight from tourists.

Sigh. No “maybe” about it. Boston’s homeless problem is as big as DC’s. FACT. See previous posts.

GOOGLE people.

Boston & DC's numbers are basically the same and PP hit it on the head, the homeless are in a non-touristy area of town. MAYBE you should calm down.

Assuming that there is some registration system that tracks the number of homeless people. I don't know how that would work. Last time I checked, the mayor said we only 223 homeless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big homeless area in Boston is outside the main tourist area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_and_Cass

Former Boston resident (but way back in the 90s), I think it's this. You can tour around Back Bay, Public Gardens, Faneuil Hall, even the Financial District, etc. and not run across the same number of homeless as you would touring around downtown DC. It's broken up now, but the homeless encampment around McPherson Square was particularly egregious (and scary, sad to say). So maybe it's not that Boston has fewer overall, but they're more out of sight from tourists.

Sigh. No “maybe” about it. Boston’s homeless problem is as big as DC’s. FACT. See previous posts.

GOOGLE people.

Boston & DC's numbers are basically the same and PP hit it on the head, the homeless are in a non-touristy area of town. MAYBE you should calm down.

Assuming that there is some registration system that tracks the number of homeless people. I don't know how that would work. Last time I checked, the mayor said we only 223 homeless.

There are annual surveys where trained people count. It's as scientifically valid as any other population count