Fairfax county wants to erect homeless shelter next to schools

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/nextdoor-parklawn-stop-fairfax-county-from-erecting-a-homeless-shelter-next-door-to-lincolnia-senior-center

And a senior center. With a daycare, elementary school, private schools as less than 1/10 a mile away I find this an atrocious move. Citizens of the area are concerned for their kids safety as well as the safety of their elderly realitives in the senior center. My daughter goes to the very good Catholic school that is about three hundred yards away. This sickens my stomach.

It sickens your stomach. What is wrong with you? Just b/c they are homeless you believe their are all violent criminals. WOW.

You are pretty awful OP.

But lets just say you are right, homeless shelters have a curfew and typically the guests can't come and go as they please throughout the night, so based on your judgment of the homeless isn't it better to have them be inside a shelter safely away from the kids and elderly?

BTW if your kid goes to a "very good Catholic school" there is a pretty good chance there is at least one homeless child there on scholarship. Speaking of your daughter being in Catholic school I am pretty sure they are not teachering her to be judgmental and sickened by the less fortunate. Maybe you should go to school with your daughter tomorrow.

I have an idea, let's move it to your neighborhood right next to the school and see how you feel. I think that's a great idea. There's no screening these people to see if they're mentally unstable which a lot are. This is a safety issue and as other have noted it brings crime

I live in courthouse, there is homeless shelter by the metro about 1/2 mile from where I live and 3 or 4 blocks from the elementary school. I am fine with it.
Try again!

NP. And homeless people wander around Clarendon all the time. No impact on home prices. One dude is really loud, though. Local flavor. Keeps the spineless millennials on their toes.

Clarendon is densely commercial. I think that's ideal for a homeless shelter. No issue there so long as it isn't next to a school library or senior center.

Clarendon is commercial and dense and doesn't have elementary schools within a quick walking distance either

There is an elementary school at 2300 Key Blvd. It is absolutely within quick walking distance to Clarendon as is the shelter already in Courthouse that is 3 blocks away. Stop trying to find a new home. A homeless shelter is not going to be the downfall of a neighborhood even if it is next to a school.

Clarendon is city, Lincolnia is more suburbs. Two elementary schools, senior citizens home and two pre-schools. It's danger close

Wait so shelters near suburban schools is bad but it is ok to have them near urban schools.
Make up your mind. Is it that you don't think shelters should be near schools or it is that you don't think they should be near your schools in your suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools would this be close to?

Parklawn, Belvedere and Mary Queen of Apostles

Maybe the third, but it's not that close to the first two public schools. Parklawn is at the other end of Lincolnia Road and Belvedere is almost in Annandale.

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The shelter that is being moved is currently closer to Bailey's ES than the relocated one would be to Belvedere and the same distance to Parklawn.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/nextdoor-parklawn-stop-fairfax-county-from-erecting-a-homeless-shelter-next-door-to-lincolnia-senior-center

And a senior center. With a daycare, elementary school, private schools as less than 1/10 a mile away I find this an atrocious move. Citizens of the area are concerned for their kids safety as well as the safety of their elderly realitives in the senior center. My daughter goes to the very good Catholic school that is about three hundred yards away. This sickens my stomach.

It sickens your stomach. What is wrong with you? Just b/c they are homeless you believe their are all violent criminals. WOW.

You are pretty awful OP.

But lets just say you are right, homeless shelters have a curfew and typically the guests can't come and go as they please throughout the night, so based on your judgment of the homeless isn't it better to have them be inside a shelter safely away from the kids and elderly?

BTW if your kid goes to a "very good Catholic school" there is a pretty good chance there is at least one homeless child there on scholarship. Speaking of your daughter being in Catholic school I am pretty sure they are not teachering her to be judgmental and sickened by the less fortunate. Maybe you should go to school with your daughter tomorrow.

I have an idea, let's move it to your neighborhood right next to the school and see how you feel. I think that's a great idea. There's no screening these people to see if they're mentally unstable which a lot are. This is a safety issue and as other have noted it brings crime

I live in courthouse, there is homeless shelter by the metro about 1/2 mile from where I live and 3 or 4 blocks from the elementary school. I am fine with it.
Try again!

NP. And homeless people wander around Clarendon all the time. No impact on home prices. One dude is really loud, though. Local flavor. Keeps the spineless millennials on their toes.

Clarendon is densely commercial. I think that's ideal for a homeless shelter. No issue there so long as it isn't next to a school library or senior center.

We just explained there was a shelter in Courthouse right near an elementary school.

PPs point was in close-in "nice" neighborhoods like Courthouse and Clarendon there are shelters and homeless people and it has not impacted crime or housing prices.

It's in Courthouse which is less popular for buyers and renters than Clarendon. The shelter has ruined the Reston library. Where people used to park outdoors is now becoming apt's.

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools would this be close to?

Parklawn, Belvedere and Mary Queen of Apostles

Maybe the third, but it's not that close to the first two public schools. Parklawn is at the other end of Lincolnia Road and Belvedere is almost in Annandale.

.6 miles to Mary Queen of Apostles

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Anonymous wrote:Suck it up you white privileged progressive liberals. Everything is great so long as it's in someone else's backyard.
I'm waiting til they bring in second way houses for paroled black thugs next to your schools. You liberals are the biggest hypocrites the world has ever know.

I am not a liberal and I don't want homeless shelters in VA. That's what Maryland is for.

So, you want to ship out all the homeless out of VA to MD?

As a MD resident, I would gladly pay to build a wall to keep you Virginians out. I thought the state motto was "VA is for lovers", but just only if you have money, apparently.

You should build a walk to keep yourselves in. Most of us don't want your crime or drugs

lol ... because VA has no crime or drugs ... lol. They do sure have college shootings, a gun store next to an ES, and now apparently homeless shelters next to schools. Lovely. I've, driven through certain parts of VA, and it was very scary. Yes, there are scary parts in MD, too, as there are in probably most states, but I don't pretend it doesn't exist.

Other than Western Maryland and Eastern Shore, the whole state is a cesspool. Let's be honest

To an outsider from the west coast with a spouse from Europe, VA has a reputation of being a "gun loving backward state". These types of incidences just fuel that stereotype. I'm sure there are some lovely people in VA, though.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/nextdoor-parklawn-stop-fairfax-county-from-erecting-a-homeless-shelter-next-door-to-lincolnia-senior-center

And a senior center. With a daycare, elementary school, private schools as less than 1/10 a mile away I find this an atrocious move. Citizens of the area are concerned for their kids safety as well as the safety of their elderly realitives in the senior center. My daughter goes to the very good Catholic school that is about three hundred yards away. This sickens my stomach.

It sickens your stomach. What is wrong with you? Just b/c they are homeless you believe their are all violent criminals. WOW.

You are pretty awful OP.

But lets just say you are right, homeless shelters have a curfew and typically the guests can't come and go as they please throughout the night, so based on your judgment of the homeless isn't it better to have them be inside a shelter safely away from the kids and elderly?

BTW if your kid goes to a "very good Catholic school" there is a pretty good chance there is at least one homeless child there on scholarship. Speaking of your daughter being in Catholic school I am pretty sure they are not teachering her to be judgmental and sickened by the less fortunate. Maybe you should go to school with your daughter tomorrow.

I have an idea, let's move it to your neighborhood right next to the school and see how you feel. I think that's a great idea. There's no screening these people to see if they're mentally unstable which a lot are. This is a safety issue and as other have noted it brings crime

I live in courthouse, there is homeless shelter by the metro about 1/2 mile from where I live and 3 or 4 blocks from the elementary school. I am fine with it.
Try again!

NP. And homeless people wander around Clarendon all the time. No impact on home prices. One dude is really loud, though. Local flavor. Keeps the spineless millennials on their toes.

Clarendon is densely commercial. I think that's ideal for a homeless shelter. No issue there so long as it isn't next to a school library or senior center.

We just explained there was a shelter in Courthouse right near an elementary school.

PPs point was in close-in "nice" neighborhoods like Courthouse and Clarendon there are shelters and homeless people and it has not impacted crime or housing prices.

It's in Courthouse which is less popular for buyers and renters than Clarendon. The shelter has ruined the Reston library. Where people used to park outdoors is now becoming apt's.

"Less popular" still means rents and housing prices higher than where you live.

Clarendon has an affordable housing development.

Virginia square has a soup kitchen.

No one is fearing for their lives there.

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Clarendon is city, Lincolnia is more suburbs. Two elementary schools, senior citizens home and two pre-schools. It's danger close

Yes, everyone expects danger on the mean streets of Clarendon.

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools would this be close to?

Parklawn, Belvedere and Mary Queen of Apostles

Maybe the third, but it's not that close to the first two public schools. Parklawn is at the other end of Lincolnia Road and Belvedere is almost in Annandale.

.6 miles to Mary Queen of Apostles

You don't want the poor or homeless near a church?

Fine, tear the church down. Maybe the poor and homeless don't want to be .6 miles from an institution associated with a bunch of pedophiles.

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I think homeless shelters should be placed exactly where regular Americans live because they will quickly pay attention to this growing problem and examine and try to resolve the causes. One of the biggest causes is the propesity in this country to issue felonies like they are popsicles and then to refuse employment to these felons once they have served their time. Many of them end up either going back to jail or lving on the streets because they literally can't afford a home. Good for them. Build away!

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Anonymous wrote:Suck it up you white privileged progressive liberals. Everything is great so long as it's in someone else's backyard.
I'm waiting til they bring in second way houses for paroled black thugs next to your schools. You liberals are the biggest hypocrites the world has ever know.

I am not a liberal and I don't want homeless shelters in VA. That's what Maryland is for.

Your conservative policies are partly to blame for the rampant homeless problem. Your so-called war on crime has created a HUGE problem with thousands upon thousands of Americans unable to find work because of a felony conviction and large percentage end up back in jail or on the streets. I vote conservative but I am definitely for reforming our criminal justice system and will vote for a Democrat if they show a true devotion to this cause.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/nextdoor-parklawn-stop-fairfax-county-from-erecting-a-homeless-shelter-next-door-to-lincolnia-senior-center

And a senior center. With a daycare, elementary school, private schools as less than 1/10 a mile away I find this an atrocious move. Citizens of the area are concerned for their kids safety as well as the safety of their elderly realitives in the senior center. My daughter goes to the very good Catholic school that is about three hundred yards away. This sickens my stomach.

It sickens your stomach. What is wrong with you? Just b/c they are homeless you believe their are all violent criminals. WOW.

You are pretty awful OP.

But lets just say you are right, homeless shelters have a curfew and typically the guests can't come and go as they please throughout the night, so based on your judgment of the homeless isn't it better to have them be inside a shelter safely away from the kids and elderly?

BTW if your kid goes to a "very good Catholic school" there is a pretty good chance there is at least one homeless child there on scholarship. Speaking of your daughter being in Catholic school I am pretty sure they are not teachering her to be judgmental and sickened by the less fortunate. Maybe you should go to school with your daughter tomorrow.

I have an idea, let's move it to your neighborhood right next to the school and see how you feel. I think that's a great idea. There's no screening these people to see if they're mentally unstable which a lot are. This is a safety issue and as other have noted it brings crime

I live in courthouse, there is homeless shelter by the metro about 1/2 mile from where I live and 3 or 4 blocks from the elementary school. I am fine with it.
Try again!

NP. And homeless people wander around Clarendon all the time. No impact on home prices. One dude is really loud, though. Local flavor. Keeps the spineless millennials on their toes.

Clarendon is densely commercial. I think that's ideal for a homeless shelter. No issue there so long as it isn't next to a school library or senior center.

Clarendon is commercial and dense and doesn't have elementary schools within a quick walking distance either

There is an elementary school at 2300 Key Blvd. It is absolutely within quick walking distance to Clarendon as is the shelter already in Courthouse that is 3 blocks away. Stop trying to find a new home. A homeless shelter is not going to be the downfall of a neighborhood even if it is next to a school.

Clarendon is city, Lincolnia is more suburbs. Two elementary schools, senior citizens home and two pre-schools. It's danger close

Wait so shelters near suburban schools is bad but it is ok to have them near urban schools.
Make up your mind. Is it that you don't think shelters should be near schools or it is that you don't think they should be near your schools in your suburb.

The shelter in Arlington is at a busy location right next to a police station. FFX already said they will not commit a police officer to the area. To boot, a police captain came out to the meeting at the hearing and said "yeah, crime is going to go up." It did around the current shelter.

To boot, this is an area that is highly resdenitial where everyone is at work during the day. Most burglaries happen during the day. They'll be kicking this people out of the shelter at 930 in the morning and they have no where to go. They'll be loitering around resdenitial areas and schools. I the current shelter they sit outside and panhandle.

I think they should out it next to the FFX police station down the road. It Has plenty of space

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/nextdoor-parklawn-stop-fairfax-county-from-erecting-a-homeless-shelter-next-door-to-lincolnia-senior-center

And a senior center. With a daycare, elementary school, private schools as less than 1/10 a mile away I find this an atrocious move. Citizens of the area are concerned for their kids safety as well as the safety of their elderly realitives in the senior center. My daughter goes to the very good Catholic school that is about three hundred yards away. This sickens my stomach.

It sickens your stomach. What is wrong with you? Just b/c they are homeless you believe their are all violent criminals. WOW.

You are pretty awful OP.

But lets just say you are right, homeless shelters have a curfew and typically the guests can't come and go as they please throughout the night, so based on your judgment of the homeless isn't it better to have them be inside a shelter safely away from the kids and elderly?

BTW if your kid goes to a "very good Catholic school" there is a pretty good chance there is at least one homeless child there on scholarship. Speaking of your daughter being in Catholic school I am pretty sure they are not teachering her to be judgmental and sickened by the less fortunate. Maybe you should go to school with your daughter tomorrow.

I have an idea, let's move it to your neighborhood right next to the school and see how you feel. I think that's a great idea. There's no screening these people to see if they're mentally unstable which a lot are. This is a safety issue and as other have noted it brings crime

I live in courthouse, there is homeless shelter by the metro about 1/2 mile from where I live and 3 or 4 blocks from the elementary school. I am fine with it.
Try again!

NP. And homeless people wander around Clarendon all the time. No impact on home prices. One dude is really loud, though. Local flavor. Keeps the spineless millennials on their toes.

Clarendon is densely commercial. I think that's ideal for a homeless shelter. No issue there so long as it isn't next to a school library or senior center.

Clarendon is commercial and dense and doesn't have elementary schools within a quick walking distance either

There is an elementary school at 2300 Key Blvd. It is absolutely within quick walking distance to Clarendon as is the shelter already in Courthouse that is 3 blocks away. Stop trying to find a new home. A homeless shelter is not going to be the downfall of a neighborhood even if it is next to a school.

Clarendon is city, Lincolnia is more suburbs. Two elementary schools, senior citizens home and two pre-schools. It's danger close

Wait so shelters near suburban schools is bad but it is ok to have them near urban schools.
Make up your mind. Is it that you don't think shelters should be near schools or it is that you don't think they should be near your schools in your suburb.

The shelter in Arlington is at a busy location right next to a police station. FFX already said they will not commit a police officer to the area. To boot, a police captain came out to the meeting at the hearing and said "yeah, crime is going to go up." It did around the current shelter.

To boot, this is an area that is highly resdenitial where everyone is at work during the day. Most burglaries happen during the day. They'll be kicking this people out of the shelter at 930 in the morning and they have no where to go. They'll be loitering around resdenitial areas and schools. I the current shelter they sit outside and panhandle.

I think they should out it next to the FFX police station down the road. It Has plenty of space

And it's next to a senior citizens home. They'll be undefended. Let's be honest, a good population of homeless are addicts. It's funny the Arlington people are saying it's okay, the original proposal was to put in Ina building on the Arlington/Fairfax border and Arlington residence were the ones who came out in full force to protest against the location

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Anonymous wrote:Suck it up you white privileged progressive liberals. Everything is great so long as it's in someone else's backyard.
I'm waiting til they bring in second way houses for paroled black thugs next to your schools. You liberals are the biggest hypocrites the world has ever know.

I am not a liberal and I don't want homeless shelters in VA. That's what Maryland is for.

Your conservative policies are partly to blame for the rampant homeless problem. Your so-called war on crime has created a HUGE problem with thousands upon thousands of Americans unable to find work because of a felony conviction and large percentage end up back in jail or on the streets. I vote conservative but I am definitely for reforming our criminal justice system and will vote for a Democrat if they show a true devotion to this cause.

Nice try, MD and DC have more homeless than VA

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Anonymous wrote:I think homeless shelters should be placed exactly where regular Americans live because they will quickly pay attention to this growing problem and examine and try to resolve the causes. One of the biggest causes is the propesity in this country to issue felonies like they are popsicles and then to refuse employment to these felons once they have served their time. Many of them end up either going back to jail or lving on the streets because they literally can't afford a home. Good for them. Build away!

Sweet, where's your address? I will offer that as a counter location for the new site. Surely you won't mind