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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've lived in neighborhoods in DC you would be too terrified to even get out of your car in.[/quote]
You don't know me, and you have no idea where I've lived.  Quit trying to act tough.

You were the one beating your chest on here claiming people who support the shelter lack the courage to live in tough neighborhoods - I've lived in tough neighborhoods in DC - have you?

[quote=Anonymous]The impact of homeless shelters on surrounding communities has been studied in great depth and there is lots of credible scholarship that they have no negative impact on surrounding communities.[/quote]
Let's see all that in depth and credible research.  Talk is cheap.

And looking things up on Google is easy for most people but apparently not so for you!  Here you go:

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.457.912&rep=rep1&type=pdf

https://citylimits.org/2015/02/25/after-the-shouting-do-shelters-and-supportive-housing-harm-neighborhoods/

[quote=Anonymous]BTW no doubt you are aware that there are other entities serving the homeless in Ward 3 - do you need me to list them for you?[/quote]
Let's see you list them.  I bet you don't know them.  And if Ward 3 is already serving the homeless, then why does Ward 3 need to have another shelter forced on it?

[quote=Anonymous]I live around the corner from one that serves the long term homeless, dozens of whom visit every day and they aren't being escorted in police cars or monitored and we've never had a problem.[/quote]
Name the shelter so we can look at the police records to see whether crime is higher near this long term homeless shelter you supposedly live near.  Otherwise, talk is cheap.  I don't believe you.

You don't believe me because you are not aware of the organization providing services.  By the way it is not a shelter nor did I say it is one but because it serves transients it probably generates more daily visits than a shelter does.  I'm not going help you with your ignorance so please try that google thing yourself but suffice it to say I closely follow the crime stats in my neighborhood and there is no evidence that the shelter has caused more.

You are welcome to be scared and to express you own opinion but that is all you are doing - there is ample evidence that disproves everything you have been arguing.  If you want to step up and share that evidence please do.  In the meantime I'll be comfortably walking around my own diverse Ward 3 neighborhood and looking forward to it doing more to share in the burden of serving all of the cities residents.  And privately hoping in the process it drives nut jobs like you over the edge.

[quote=Anonymous]So yeah I am walking the walk on this one while you cower in fear and ignorance in McLean Gardens and post ignorant screeds on DCUM.[/quote]
Talk is cheap.  Let's see you post some actual facts if you want to claim you walk the walk.  [/quote][/quote]

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