The street beggars are out of control

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Anonymous wrote:What are you doing to try to solve the problem other than complaining and clutching pearls?

Do you donate to homeless charities or churches? Are you politically involved in trying to find policy solutions? Can you give us some examples of your active engagement?

We pay a ridiculous amount in taxes. Enough for the city to both provide social services and enforce the laws.

Exactly !!

The solution is better border policies and drug control.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are you doing to try to solve the problem other than complaining and clutching pearls?

Do you donate to homeless charities or churches? Are you politically involved in trying to find policy solutions? Can you give us some examples of your active engagement?

We pay a ridiculous amount in taxes. Enough for the city to both provide social services and enforce the laws.

Exactly !!

The solution is better border policies and drug control.

Yes, we need to improve our border and immigration policies BUT that comment's a bit of a non-sequitur because very few of the people I see panhandling on the streets are here because of "border policies."

[Anonymous]

This is going to be so much worse when Nadeau lets anyone qualify as a street vendor. Republicans are trying to turn us into a Third World country through defunding infrastructure and regulatory regimes. Dems are doing it by making following the law more costly than not following the law.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So is there a way to behave so that they leave me alone? I can’t squirt them with water or god forbid throw things at them, but is there a legal way to make them keep away from me? I haven’t had my car window banged on (yet) or my hand grabbed (yet) but how do I scare them off without getting in trouble myself?

You keep walking and ignore them. You know, like an adult.[/quote

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Oh, riiight. That's all it takes, and they'll leave you alone because they are adults, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.

Maybe we need better social safety nets.

How many of these people are illegally here?

The ones I see all look like they were born here, most are caucasian. Many claim to be veterans.

Ahhh, no. They are black 95% of the time.

In my neighborhood, they are all professional gypsy families. They have housing and get dropped off.

I’ve run in to a few gypsies over the years. I still don’t understand their deal. They are European gypsies presumably? Seems like a great piece of investigative journalism waiting to be written. That and how the Patel clan monopolized the US motel industry.

I don’t know if the organized panhandlers, nuisance fake violin players, woman with a baby, etc. are European gypsies BUT - there are clans of Gypsies/Irish Travelers based in the Carolinas and Tennessee. Look up My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding, it all takes place in the South for the most part. Just a quick trip up 95 to get here for most of them. The people who cruise parking lots looking to “get scratches out of your bumper” are also associated with these people as are many unlicensed, fly by night driveway repaving contractors.

I believe they are also known as Travelers or Roma.

So there's actually two groups of European gypsies--the Irish Travellers and the Romani (or Roma) Travellers. Irish Travellers are originally from Ireland while the Romani are actually originally from Northern India but moved centuries ago to Europe.

Both groups, however, have similar nomadic lifestyles and also engage in some similar schemes.

[Anonymous]

I pass through Union Station twice a day and walk up Mass. Ave seven blocks for work. I'm out and about around Gallery Place for lunch. While I've seen greater numbers of homeless individuals, these pearl-clutching stories of rampant "out of control" behavior amount to nothing more than hyperbole. They definitely remain the exception instead of the norm.

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Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.

Maybe we need better social safety nets.

How many of these people are illegally here?

The ones I see all look like they were born here, most are caucasian. Many claim to be veterans.

Ahhh, no. They are black 95% of the time.

In my neighborhood, they are all professional gypsy families. They have housing and get dropped off.

Where does this happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I pass through Union Station twice a day and walk up Mass. Ave seven blocks for work. I'm out and about around Gallery Place for lunch. While I've seen greater numbers of homeless individuals, these pearl-clutching stories of rampant "out of control" behavior amount to nothing more than hyperbole. They definitely remain the exception instead of the norm.

Lying prone on the street is out of control behavior. The fact that you don't recognize that is super sad

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I pass through Union Station twice a day and walk up Mass. Ave seven blocks for work. I'm out and about around Gallery Place for lunch. While I've seen greater numbers of homeless individuals, these pearl-clutching stories of rampant "out of control" behavior amount to nothing more than hyperbole. They definitely remain the exception instead of the norm.

Lying prone on the street is out of control behavior. The fact that you don't recognize that is super sad

By your standard, “out of control” behavior has been occurring for decades.

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Anonymous wrote:Biden economy and every important issue is in the crapper.

You are correct. He doesn't even acknowledge any of our current problems thus issues are compounding rapidly.

Wrong. Boring, and wrong.

I will wait for you to post links of any video's of Biden recently addressing inflation, crime, the border and homelessness.

Good luck!

And don't forget the housing shortages!!!

“Housing shortages” is only a problem in democratic run cities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I pass through Union Station twice a day and walk up Mass. Ave seven blocks for work. I'm out and about around Gallery Place for lunch. While I've seen greater numbers of homeless individuals, these pearl-clutching stories of rampant "out of control" behavior amount to nothing more than hyperbole. They definitely remain the exception instead of the norm.

It really depends on the area. It was out of control at McPherson until they cleared the homeless encampment last week. It’s really a different pattern of homelessness than what I’ve seen in 30 years of living here. It’s like we still have the old homeless problem but there’s a few new things layered on top, one of which is the large encampments and one of which is the organized panhandlers.

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Anonymous wrote:I pass through Union Station twice a day and walk up Mass. Ave seven blocks for work. I'm out and about around Gallery Place for lunch. While I've seen greater numbers of homeless individuals, these pearl-clutching stories of rampant "out of control" behavior amount to nothing more than hyperbole. They definitely remain the exception instead of the norm.

It really depends on the area. It was out of control at McPherson until they cleared the homeless encampment last week. It’s really a different pattern of homelessness than what I’ve seen in 30 years of living here. It’s like we still have the old homeless problem but there’s a few new things layered on top, one of which is the large encampments and one of which is the organized panhandlers.

Things definitely feel different now. Not only are the numbers up, but the substance abuse is more visible. The aggressiveness is more visible. There is an air of hopelessness about it all.

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Anonymous wrote:Biden economy and every important issue is in the crapper.

You are correct. He doesn't even acknowledge any of our current problems thus issues are compounding rapidly.

Wrong. Boring, and wrong.

I will wait for you to post links of any video's of Biden recently addressing inflation, crime, the border and homelessness.

Good luck!

And don't forget the housing shortages!!!

“Housing shortages” is only a problem in democratic run cities

Because not enough people want to live under you christian nationalists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not just in streets. In grocery stores, on every corner, walking into streets, banging on windows while waiting on left hand turns. You can’t go from here to there anymore without being harrassed. I’ve been in this area about 35 years and have never seen it this bad.

Banging on car windows while waiting to make a left hand turn ? Dangerous. I would worry about being stabbed if I opened the car window in that situation. Sounds bad, but mace may be the best response to such an aggressive tactic.

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Anonymous wrote:I pass through Union Station twice a day and walk up Mass. Ave seven blocks for work. I'm out and about around Gallery Place for lunch. While I've seen greater numbers of homeless individuals, these pearl-clutching stories of rampant "out of control" behavior amount to nothing more than hyperbole. They definitely remain the exception instead of the norm.

Lying prone on the street is out of control behavior. The fact that you don't recognize that is super sad

By your standard, “out of control” behavior has been occurring for decades.

If your child were lying face down in their own filth in a bus stop and refusing shelter, I'm pretty sure you'd think they're out of control. And that's the least of what we see, but by your admission you see it every day and are not concerned enough to call in a wellness check or feel unease over their situation.