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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do single homeless men need small "neighborhood" based shelters?[/quote]

Spit it out just say what you are afraid of...
The idea of 20-30 junkies nutjobs and criminals all housed in a shelter just hanging around all day congregating on the corners and walking around the neighborhood is frightening and you’re all for helping the homeless but not at the expense of them impeding on your comfortable community and invading your safe space.  You’d rather they be hoarded off and housed in some other part of the city among “their kind” i.e. other low-income undesirables that you similarly would prefer to avoid at all costs.
I totally get it - not judging at all cause it’s an understandable attitude to have but it’s an anonymous forum - so just say it.

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Who wants to have people dropping needles and shit in their shrubery, in a previously safe and secure neighborhood?  That's not what people signed up for.[/quote]

Exactly so just say it.  No need to worry about being perceived as presumptuous I mean, no not every homeless person is an addict, but perfectly understandable for folks to hold that opinion cause few people take into consideration the fact that “good” people fall on hard times it’s normal to assume it’s only derelicts are homeless.[/quote]

I don't think addicts or schizoid are bad people, (your words), but don't think they're compatible with family neighborhoods. I think they need medical care and a large facility is appropriate for that. When I go to the hospital it's not a quaint cottage in a family neighborhood. For the non mentally ill or addicted, don't they simply need a roof bed and shower near transport and job services? Up to them to get on their feet, just as you or I do every day. Yes they should be safe and needs looked after, but again-why do single men need a family neighborhood? [/quote]

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