congrats arlington you did it! just as predicted...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:dc homeless population drops 11%

Arlington's is on the rise--by 33%. They are all over the neighborhood---just like I predicted when they started building the new homeless shelter right across the Bridge. We have had them knock on the door in the middle of the night, squatting in neighbor's garages, walking down the middle of the street yelling profanities at moms/kids, and using all of the new construction port-o-potties. They never stay in the shelters---but they do go there for meals and spill into the surrounding areas. This is a known fact. They don't take their medications and cause havoc on surrounding citizens.

courtesy of wash. post.

Ah, liberalisim and the fruits of their labor. Gotta love it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow... Send them over to MoCo. They are always welcome here.

I wish assholes like you would start homing them in your own house instead of forcing your entire neighborhood to deal with the problems.

Keep wishing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So just to get some facts out there...
Arlington had a count of 232 homeless people in 2015,
174 in 2016,
and 232 again in 2017 (for the year-to-year rise of 33.33%).

BUT, I live in Courthouse and the number of daily incidents that I see (aggressive panhandling, obvious mental difficulties/impairments, public intoxication, entering/loitering on private property, etc.) is definitely on the rise. Build it and they will come.

I feel for the poster that described living in a shelter with her mom temporarily. I only have a problem that the County is doing zero to protect its residents of late from the break-ins, the public nuisances (screaming profanities at kids--and lunging at parents), theft, etc. It has been a very visible increase and the ones that we are seeing fall into the addict/mental health (not just the lack of Affordable housing which is the Boards one and only focus). They are also building a brand new addiction treatment center in Courthouse, pp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow... Send them over to MoCo. They are always welcome here.

My kids were charged and yelled at one particularly unstable gentlemen.

My neighbor has had 3 break-ins and one living in their garage drinking.

I had them urinating on the side of the house.

They are all yours.

Get a gun. Wait, your the community that resisted the gun shop owner be over there, hey you get what you vote for, why don't you invite them in for a shower and some chow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:dc homeless population drops 11%

Arlington's is on the rise--by 33%. They are all over the neighborhood---just like I predicted when they started building the new homeless shelter right across the Bridge. We have had them knock on the door in the middle of the night, squatting in neighbor's garages, walking down the middle of the street yelling profanities at moms/kids, and using all of the new construction port-o-potties. They never stay in the shelters---but they do go there for meals and spill into the surrounding areas. This is a known fact. They don't take their medications and cause havoc on surrounding citizens.

courtesy of wash. post.

Speaking of medication, OP, have you taken yours? It seems not.

Why the compelling need to disparage Arlington? Enough people enjoy Arlington, and they are not missing you.

Worried about your property values, it shows.

[Anonymous]

It's all in the area around the Courthouse metro. It was inevitable with the new year round homeless shelter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:dc homeless population drops 11%

Arlington's is on the rise--by 33%. They are all over the neighborhood---just like I predicted when they started building the new homeless shelter right across the Bridge. We have had them knock on the door in the middle of the night, squatting in neighbor's garages, walking down the middle of the street yelling profanities at moms/kids, and using all of the new construction port-o-potties. They never stay in the shelters---but they do go there for meals and spill into the surrounding areas. This is a known fact. They don't take their medications and cause havoc on surrounding citizens.

courtesy of wash. post.

Speaking of medication, OP, have you taken yours? It seems not.

Why the compelling need to disparage Arlington? Enough people enjoy Arlington, and they are not missing you.

This is actually probably a post best served in the Political Forum. I don't get the impression OP is disparaging Arlington, so much as the Democrats' highly touted Arlington Way.

Be best in the real estate section. heads up home buyers.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are the homeless shelters?

The Homeless Hilton opened in the center of Courthouse. Condo owners in the area fought tooth and nail---and lost to the board who ignored every bit of evidence.

We now have taken in DC's homeless population---short skip across the bridge. Their population down 11%, ours up 33%. Higher than every other jurisdiction.

Hasn't there been a shelter in that spot near the courthouse for a long time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be careful using "homeless shelters" so loosely. There are also full-time homeless shelters in Courthouse (specifically the one I stayed in with my mom when I was in HS), and that while they are a nuisance - they are homeless. It is not a state many choose to be in. Compassion goes a long way.

For those asking who want to comment "well why don't you take them in?" If I had the resources to help more, I would. I am very actively involved with helping with my time since I cannot financially dedicate myself as much as I would like to. Again, most people do not choose to be homeless.

It is a homeless shelter and there is nothing loose about that. That is what it is called in the public hearing and that it what it is after the voters let those politicians do this to their communities. While I am sure there are many situations like yours and your mother, there are far more menacing people hanging around these neighborhoods because of the homeless shelter. I'm quite sure your mother was responsible and did not allow you to urinate on other peoples properties. Your social work moniker is cute, but it doesn't protect hard working people and their families who pay ridiculous taxes to live in a safe environment for their children, the very same thing your mother wanted for you. I am not going to take a stranger who smells like a brewery into my home with two little girls, I have a brain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In DC they always say that DC gets homeless from the suburbs. In Arlco they say they get homeless from DC.

I see no real evidence of that. The number of homeless fluctuates. I think we should treat the matter with compassion, and try to help people get back on their feet.

You(dc) dropped by 11%, we increased by (arlco) 33% (though much higher as a pp showed).

A. I do not live in DC
B. That does not demonstrate that DC homeless moved to Arlington. Could be DC homeless found homes, moved out of the region, whatever. And these memes have been around for years, before this year's fluctuations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op, a mass extermination is probably in order. do you want to help me organize it?

seriously WTF. where would you like the homeless to go exactly OP?

Not Op, but I would like them to live with the politicians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are the homeless shelters?

The Homeless Hilton opened in the center of Courthouse. Condo owners in the area fought tooth and nail---and lost to the board who ignored every bit of evidence.

We now have taken in DC's homeless population---short skip across the bridge. Their population down 11%, ours up 33%. Higher than every other jurisdiction.

Not exactly. For decades, the jurisdictions surrounding DC had their homeless populations kept artificially low by DC's generous programs. This is not taking in DC's population, it is starting to deal with Arlington's own homeless issues. You have a ways to go, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:dc homeless population drops 11%

Arlington's is on the rise--by 33%. They are all over the neighborhood---just like I predicted when they started building the new homeless shelter right across the Bridge. We have had them knock on the door in the middle of the night, squatting in neighbor's garages, walking down the middle of the street yelling profanities at moms/kids, and using all of the new construction port-o-potties. They never stay in the shelters---but they do go there for meals and spill into the surrounding areas. This is a known fact. They don't take their medications and cause havoc on surrounding citizens.

courtesy of wash. post.

Ah, liberalisim and the fruits of their labor. Gotta love it!

Is the Arlington GOP opposing having homeless shelters? Link?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op, a mass extermination is probably in order. do you want to help me organize it?

seriously WTF. where would you like the homeless to go exactly OP?

Not Op but I think what we would all like is that the homeless who are using these shelters abide by the rules and regulations of any society or neighborhood. Would that be too much to ask? We invite you into a community to be a constructive part of it, not to destroy it or harm the residents who already live there. Why aren't there some type of guidelines like no drinking, no drugs, lights out, etc. that anyone using the shelter must comply with? I know, there are these rules, but there is no one to enforce them. That leaves the residents vulnerable. Just not right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:op, a mass extermination is probably in order. do you want to help me organize it?

seriously WTF. where would you like the homeless to go exactly OP?

Not Op but I think what we would all like is that the homeless who are using these shelters abide by the rules and regulations of any society or neighborhood. Would that be too much to ask? We invite you into a community to be a constructive part of it, not to destroy it or harm the residents who already live there. Why aren't there some type of guidelines like no drinking, no drugs, lights out, etc. that anyone using the shelter must comply with? I know, there are these rules, but there is no one to enforce them. That leaves the residents vulnerable. Just not right.

How much staff do the shelters have? Do you think the "no shelters" "I am taxed too much" crowd wants to pay for more shelter staff?