Homeless campsite in SE Portland inconveniencing neighbors and pushing them out of city

[@amandagill6372]

A year ago I drove my daughter to Portland State University. It was awful, I hated leaving her there. Sure enough, she got chased down the sidewalk by a guy trying to burn her with a cigarette. She had another beg for food so she gave him a pizza and he threw it at her and smashed it on her face, another one tried to grab her phone. One came up to the window naked and kept giving her the bird and throwing stuff. She called the police and they informed her that they weren't taking calls right now. WTF? Then one came into the school cafeteria and was trying to get student's food cards. Reported it to campus police and they never came. Needless to say, we decided after 1 semester that PSU is a sh$% school and nobody gives a fig there about the safety of the students so she came home and is still paying that crappy school for that one semester. They call her every month for more money and couldn't be bothered to take her call when she was in danger on campus.

[@jemase7931]

Put your daughter in a different school. Why are you leaving her there?

[@bosshog8844]

Which political party do you girls vote for every single time?

[@amandagill6372]

@@jemase7931 We did, she only did one semester there. Brought her home and now she goes to UNR.

[@amandagill6372]

@@bosshog8844 I don't really vote for one political party every time. Sometimes I feel better about Republican candidate, sometimes the Democratic candidate.

[@thelonemaiden]

it smacks of sexism. OREGON espec Portland is VERY sexist.

[@jayhumphreys2030]

“We don’t have a place to live, we’re on drugs, and that’s just the way that it is.” Sums it up perfectly.

[@aw4591]

The audacity of these people thinking that they deserve free housing while they drink and smoke meth all day.

[@MarigoldSundays]

Except at the end, she said the homeless are offered free transportation to a shelter, so they have a place to go and even transportation to get there, but they're not going.

[@jayhumphreys2030]

I know, right?!?

[@santosmadrigal3702]

If they are broke and homeless . How do they get drugs ?

[@stehfreejesseah7893]

@@santosmadrigal3702 Givin hand jobs to rich conservatives.

[@jean-bernardjoly5920]

It’s a lawless society! But please don’t forget to renew your license plate, you’ll be in deep trouble !

[@sarbantz]

Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and they are damaged mentally and physically by fentanyl beyond the point of repair. Camping outside can be a good mental therapy especially in nice weather.

[@pdxtom]

@@sarbantz 😂😂😂

[@jcout25]

Lol I just renewed my plate last week.

[@sidehustletips]

@@sarbantz Illegal fentanyl just happens to comes from wuhan china. Not kidding.

[@Editnamehere]

Exactly haha.

[@Floridaboy1983]

I don’t understand why anyone in Portland is complaining or moving out. This is exactly what they wanted and voted for.

[@gabrielsandoval7331]

VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO!! VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO!! VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO!!

[@nohopeequalsnofear3242]

Mayor Wheeler seems oblivious to the Detroitification of Portland

[@arnauservaux3936]

But REAL socialism has never been tried

[@LordofDarknessX]

@@gabrielsandoval7331 LMFAO

[@prmath]

The difference between liberalism and conservatism………….

[@funguykel]

This is pathetic. However, who did these people in Portland vote for to allow this to happen. That is what I want to know.

[@drchilapastrosodrlasmacas438]

We basically enabled stupid millennial liberals the trust of managing a society, then they did the double dip sin of being unpractical idealists. Their voting made stupid people thrive without a hierarchy of competence.

[@Whitehorse_crimefighter]

Honest question. How can politicians solve mental health issues and homelessness?

[@davedawe2420]

@@Whitehorse_crimefighter Two more honest questions for you. How did American society get to this point, where drug addictions and homelessness run rampant in our cities. And, what came first, the mental health issue, or the drug addiction?

[@Whitehorse_crimefighter]

@Dave Dawe drug abuse isn't a one kind of person fits all scenario. Some people are abused their whole lives and just fall into it. Some people get into medical problems and prescriptions took them down that road by drug pushing doctors. Some people just make the wrong choices no matter what.

[@Whitehorse_crimefighter]

@Dave Dawe another part of homelessness is the raising costs and some people get left outside. Sure some people will say that minimum wage is supposed to be used for cheap child labor and wasn't supposed to be a reliable income for anyone and they should have had better work ethics and worked harder to educate themselves. Maybe that's right, but sometimes when people fall behind they never catch up. Do they deserve to starve and die in the streets? Is homelessness a punishment? And if it is then why are people asking why there is homelessness?? Are we going to take care of these people or do they deserve to live and die in the streets and do what they need to cope and survive??

[@PlungingRealtor]

It’s funny how these homeless can break countless laws, but boy, if we law abiding citizens stop paying taxes, pay for plate renewals, the government is right at your doorstep. This is ridiculous and needs to be taken care of. Officials, stop sitting on your hands and do something.

[@eligebrown8998]

Stop paying taxes. They can't arrest 5 million people

[@Ck-zk3we]

Like what?

[@mercoid]

@@Ck-zk3we …..enforce the laws already in place that are being violated by the inhabitants of these illegal makeshift homeless camps. Put into place solutions to help the homeless who want help and are willing to participate in their own rehabilitation and socioeconomic advancement.

[@Naswaca]

So what they should go shoot all the homeless people?

[@granthancock3622]

@@Naswaca are you suggesting the two options are 1) do nothing or 2) murder them? Use your head man.

[@timothyexner]

"It's up to the homeless to decide if they want the help or not." That's the problem. Once you have become a nuisance to property owners and society you should no longer have a choice. Unless that choice is between a shelter, rehab, or jail.

[@secrets.295]

Shelter should be out of the question. The more shelter you built the more homeless you will breed.

[@timothyexner]

@@secrets.295 That makes zero sense.

[@bubbaj6929]

Once we decide that humans are a nuisance is when we start to f up.

[@timothyexner]

@@bubbaj6929 Many, many humans are a nuisance. To each other, to society, to mother nature. If you don't realize that you are living in a fantasy.

[@Warmaster_7]

​@@bubbaj6929 Trespassers used to be chased off a property by the owner...by force. Property owners have Rights too.

[@cruisecontrol6938]

To the homeless lady, " that sounds like a you problem. Who made the choice to do drugs knowing the effects?"

[@saudade2100]

Hey Portland. YOU put Wheeler back in the Mayor’s office. YOU put the City Council back in office. YOU asked for this. YOU DESERVE THIS. Don’t move to my town, I don’t want your filthy politics contaminating my town. I don’t want the homeless in my town, but I REALLY don’t want the people who ALLOWED this in my town.

[@whyyeseyec]

To Portland's detriment, Wheeler's opponent was another super freak progressive leftist. That is what seeks office these days in big city America. The GOP want no part of it.

[@BobRooney290]

make sure you drive them out of your town by any means. these are not americans. they dont care about democracy or rule of law. they will come in with their progressive socialism and destroy your town.

[@vel230]

💯🎯

[@robertdavis6157]

YOUR EXACTLY RIGHT

[@robertdavis6157]

THIS IS WHAT THE OFFICIALS WANTED, THE PEOPLE OF PORTLAND NEED TO STOP CRYING AND LEARN TO LIVE IN THE CHAOS THEY CREATED, WHAT DID THEY THINK WAS GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU DEFUND THE POLICE, AND IT WAS ALL OVER A CRACK HEAD NAMED GEORGE FLOYD, SO YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT MY FRIEND

[@frandarby8112]

I think it's sad that the woman they interviewed said basically they are just waiting for the government to provide a solution. No you need to get in rehab, and be your own solution. It's the victim mentality that will keep u down forever!

[@Argonwolfproject]

Okay so let's say a homeless drug addict gets rehabilitated. So now you have a non-addicted homeless person. Now what? I think it's reasonable to assume they don't have the specialist skills required for a job in trades, so they're probably going to pull down little if any more than minimum wage, which I very sincerely doubt is enough money for them to rent even the least expensive apartment. If they can get a job at all that is, because homeless people don't usually have clean clothes or a place to shower so they can look and smell nice to get even a basic service job. But let's still assume they get the leg up needed to land a job. Now they're going to very quickly hit the point where they're not eligible for government assistance, and combined with taxes they are now working much harder for an even lower quality of life than when they were unemployed. And the opportunities for advancement from that position are basically nonexistent. No service industry job's gonna promote them to a higher paid position, those jobs are complete and utter dead ends designed to pay just enough to keep desperate people working without the possibility of aspiring to be more than a wage slave. They could save money to learn a trade perhaps, if 100% of their money wasn't going to rent, food, insurance, taxes and the inevitable chain of monetary setbacks that comes from being poor and having crappy things that break down and wear out very quickly. So now what? Sure, we could say, from our privileged positions, that they should do those things and live that working poor lifestyle that's even worse than being homeless because that's what society expects of them, but why would they? What the hell has society done for them that they would feel obligated to take on that burden for no reward? They were allowed to slip through the cracks and land at the very bottom, they almost certainly never had opportunities to be anything more than wage slaves, so why should they give a shit? May as well keep panhandling/relying on charity, it's what society is pushing them toward by dumping so many barriers between them and a decent life.

[@horacecomegna335]

@@ArgonwolfprojectIt’s much easier to just disappear them one by one.

[@schimmel724]

@@Argonwolfproject Lot of Depression era folks survived on a lot less and rose above. It's called self-determination, something these people lack.

[@Argonwolfproject]

@@schimmel724 Yeah let's ignore the economic boost of WWII, and Franklin Roosevelt's extensive social programs that would get called socialism by people like you nowadays. Things like the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Tennessee Valley Authority. An open hand outstretched from the very highest office in the land, as opposed to nowadays where it's either a wishy-washy spineless democrat or a fuck-the-poor-they-deserve-to-starve republican.

[@rrbbb1180]

@@schimmel724 These people are not victims of anything but their own poor choices. They are what's wrong with their lives.

[@randallstewart175]

It is still a long way off, but Portland should take a hard, cold look at the history of the decline and fall of Detroit. When the normal residents who pay the outrageous taxes which pay to run the city start moving out, the tax base collapses, and the tax income falls. Once that starts happening, the city better have a serious solution soon, because it's a slippery slope which they will not be able to stop once it starts.

[@dirtluverluveruvdirt7009]

Couldn’t agree more, my family and I are gone. Not getting my money for absolutely nothing anymore.

[@ericschwarz5392]

We took our family, 2 business with all the jobs out of Oregon. Good luck to everyone left.

[@johntruxal432]

I hope that slippert slope is soon...

[@joshualloyd4275]

Born and raised in Detroit...been in Portland for 6 years now. It's certainly declining, however the level of corruption and misappropriation in the Detroit government cannot be understated. It was like that for decades, and never approached improving. Too many people care about Portland I don't see it going full Detroit. It is, however, declining. We're moving back east in a month, good luck to you all...

[@AnAmericanPatriot1555]

I think it’s already too late. Handing out free stuff, over taxing those who still work and remain productive citizens, giving a green light to drug use and not enforcing the existing laws are coming to ahead.

[@holzmann8443]

There's no fixing this without cruelty, but it must be fixed. It was cruel to let it get to this point.

[@jacksek12]

Its not really cruelty. Some times you have to restrain peope to keep them alive. It may not feel good but it keeps them alive until they see they are their own biggest problem. Been there done that, sober 17 yrs after hiding in addiction for over 25

[@spcpitts]

Cruelty was decriminalization of hard drugs. It has brought in tweekers from far and abroad. Pile welfare on top of that and it's a twacker Jack's paradise

[@andrewkuebler4335]

Actually you can fix it without cruelty, evidenced by the fact that some countries have nearly eliminated homelessness.

[@holzmann8443]

@@andrewkuebler4335 It's true. I'm a big fan of the way Israel handled their homeless problem. Shipping all their brown residents to Canada.

[@user-xm3ou4uu6q]

I was incarcerated too and left to fend for myself on these streets when I got out! Did I go straight to back to being shyt again?! No!! I chose to stay sober and now I’ve got an apartment because I chose to be sober(in fear of getting locked up again and again) enough to get a cooking job and I’ve got an incredible life far better than what I could have ever dreamed Of and I have a girlfriend who accepts me for who Iam and loves me. I worked extremely hard to get at this point! And I’m still working hard to maintain and improve my life. You can’t get that from a fucking handout or law that’s passed.. you get that from getting your shyt together at whatever cost no matter how uncomfortable it is!

[@MRblazedBEANS]

Good luck brother it'd not easy digging your way out of a hole that deep.

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

I was locked up as a teen into my early 20s, in the late 90s/early 00s. Life was miserable when I got out, no one would give me a job, a place to live, and I was also dealing with depression issues that I have to this day. I used the available resources such as Oregon health plan, food stamps and busted my ass doing day labor and donating plasma until I was able to land a decent job. The overwhelming majority of these people have no one to blame but themselves, they are lazy and don't want to give up their drugs or be responsible with their life

[@jbranum3087]

Well done man. Keep coming back

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

Would have been better if they just gave you housing in the first place...

[@CandiceMMartinez]

@@skyisreallyhigh3333 He didn't need anyone to give him housing. He's strong and fit for survival. He got his own housing. Not everyone is too weak to get their own shit.

[@takejoy3082]

Very disingenuous to title this piece suggesting the residents are simply "inconvenienced." It's not an inconvenience, it's dangerous. Residents are not being elitist, they are expecting their governing body - for which they pay taxes for representation - to do their job and keep the neighborhood safe and livable. What has happened to cities - even moderately sized cities - on both coasts has been a true tragedy for all involved.

[@myrddinterwilliger4762]

I had to move to St. Louis. “Murder capitol” of the country is honestly safer. I got jumped by a Mexican gang there downtown by Target and the Mayan restaurant and no one did a thing. I have a bleeding disorder and they pulled a knife on me. Safer in St. Louis tbh

[@cl20v87]

I said the same damn thing. It’s your life, shits hard enough, and this didn’t just happen by accident. The only people who would refer to it as just an “inconvenience” don’t have to deal with it. A very elitist mind set

[@Brave_New_Trump_World]

WHY are people still asking "what has happened to our cities?" THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION...You know, these criminals that occupy the White House, the ones who take your tax dollars and use them to wipe their asses? You are paying for their food and for their drugs. I understand that people who continue to vote for this garbage (Democrat) must hate America..I get it..but remember, YOU live in America, and if you help these monsters destroy this country YOU will also suffer...For those who don't believe the goal of the Biden Administration is to destroy America, so they can "build it back better..." Look at them celebrating on the White House lawn; celebrating the Stock Market plummeting 1200 points...Don't you wonder why they are celebrating THAT? Hmmm...maybe something is going on...What do you Liberals think? Am I paranoid?

[@PlayinWithGhosts]

​@david chapman every single economical model has issues. Stop parroting bs. Do you have free camping signs on your property or let folks cycle in and out of your dwelling? If I've learned anything from being in this city for four years, the amount of good feeling grandstanding while humans rot inhumanely is f'n appalling. The rhetoric that gets echoed by "advocates" here is because they grift just as hard as those who want everything without doing anything for it.

[@bnstndrd]

A decade or more ago this wouldn't even be considered a liberal or conservative issue. Property owners expecting protection of their property and their own well-being wouldn't be seen as elitist, fascist, or whatever else.

[@jeffcarroll1002]

Isn't this what the people of Portland voted for? I want them to get more, much more of what they voted for.

[@Flourbased]

If "everyone voted for this" and nobody around you "voted for this" then who are the people who voted ??? shits rigged bud, none of us wanted this except the people getting the $$$$ in the office

[@beauanderson7762]

I think the biggest reason we aren't seeing any progress in terms of the homeless situation is all the stupid homeless "advocates" who bully our city and state leaders. It's time for state and federal governments to criminalize urban camping (aka homelessness) and form forced labor camps for these people where they have no access to drugs, and they're monitored 24/7. But people always whine and say, "Boo-hoo! That's just like prison!" 😪. I always come back with, "Yep, you're right. It's just like a prison. And institutional structure (that is forced) is exactly what they need."

[@NemeanLion-]

Oh shut up. You don’t know who the people living on that block voted for, so don’t give me that knee-jerk crap “I want them to get much more”. You screwballs try to turn everything into black and white politics.

[@stevereed8786]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY VOTED FOR! The Ignorant people of Portland just voted. Look who just got re-elected...THE SAME ONE"S! The House passed a 25 Million dollar bill to build homes. Got that! You just elected officials to go into the business of Home building. I ask you, what could possible go wrong with that plan? The Governor and Mayor are accountable to nobody because the Portland citizen will keep voting for them no matter how much worse it gets. That is a statistical fact.

[@dianabeurman364]

That's right! You asked for this!

[@Teddy31976]

I lived in Portland from 1996-2006. I lived on the SE side. I'm so glad I moved! It's just disgusting in Portland now.

[@CurtisDrew1]

My wife and i were planning on moving to SE Portland after we retired. Sure glad we didn't. Daughter in law got pregnant so we decided to stay where we were. It had so much promise back then..... (16 years ago)

[@Jetsetfastfood]

@@CurtisDrew1 I lived in Portland 1996-1998. It was amazing. Such a shame the voters ruined it.

[@michaellynch1159]

You created this environment. I truly hope you and other carpetbaggers learned a lesson.

[@stevehunt3121]

I lived in Portland from 1977 - 1995. It was such a nice place then. What a shame to see what it's become.

[@crand20033]

Cherish the good times. It was nice but it's over.

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

What has it become that isnt happening to every city in USA currently?

[@crand20033]

@@skyisreallyhigh3333 Well I don't see hundreds of tents lined up on the sidewalks and streets in my city yet. But our weather isn't as nice as it is in Portland.

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

@@crand20033 I dont see tents lining the vast majority of portland streets. Now why dont you tell us what city you live in so I can easily prove you wrong. Good for you being able to avoid the homeless in your area I guess, but you ignoring them and avoiding them doesnt mean they arent there. Homelessness is a major problem everywhere in USA. There is data to back it up. Who to believe, the data or someone who barely leaves their house?

[@digby_dooright]

I used to live on 34th and Hawthorne Street! I would walk my dog, Coco, all around the neighborhood. 🤩😛

[@anthonymorris5084]

When you allow these camps to exist, you are facilitating their misery and are culpable in their suffering. Homeless camps serve nobody's interest.

[@bman6065]

"Allow them to exist". Although some places are different than others. No one is sanctifying camps on private property. Public property it depends.

[@deeznutz3958]

@david chapman send them to your house

[@user-uy3eq5hg1s]

@david chapman Make street camping strictly illegal and start a new war on drugs. Repeal the legalization of possessing hard drugs in Oregon. There are vacancies right now in multiple homeless shelters. The homeless don't go to the shelters because they can't do their hard drugs there. This is really a nationwide homeless crisis and I believe that hard drugs are the root cause.

[@sarbantz]

Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and they are damaged mentally and physically by fentanyl beyond the point of repair. Camping outside can be a good mental therapy especially in nice weather.

[@heyheytaytay]

Even if they were banned they'd still exist. You take down one camp another forms somewhere else in hours.

[@heyheytaytay]

These are the same people who not more than two years ago were demanding police be disbanded and defunded.

[@estherpovaletti2716]

Police won’t solve your poverty issues

[@lHurtYourFeeIings]

Good. Well deserved.

[@jcout25]

Yup! Defund the police, they say! Where are all the police, they say!

[@XJ9sodypop]

exactly. which is why i have 0 sympathy for portland

[@blackrocks8413]

let's be honest, police aren't going to help you in this. It's a political problem with your leaders and a problem with the people who vote like idiots for 'progressives' Police have nothing to offer to help this....

[@Bham67]

2:18 is everything. It isn't about personal responsibility. It's about "others need to give us..."

[@cggg490]

No. No it’s not. If you cannot understand the basic human right of existence, you’ll never understand. People deserve housing/shelter, food, work, transportation, and health insurance simply because they are alive. These people who end up homeless are part of generations of people that get discarded by society. If they are not provided for, sheltered and cared for, the cycle will never stop.

[@angieh4534]

Right.. You want us gone "Give" us a place to go or shut up.

[@mariehoheim3207]

I got news for Rebecca who's moving to WA. next month. its just as bad. The homeless are everywhere here, leaving filth and drug paraphernalia everywhere. Garbage all over the place and crime has really increased.

[@Steveforisrael]

Hopefully she watches the 2019 documentary “Seattle is dying.”

[@stehfreejesseah7893]

That is almost every city atm. The opiod epidemic got overshadowed by covid and may have made it worse.

[@redwhite_040]

The "Greatest country on earth" has a huge wealth gap. The 1% Rich have more money than the poorest 50%. Military spending is insane. Health care costs are insane. US is not a society, it's a big corporation

[@vallee7966]

@@redwhite_040 yea, and getting hooked on drugs just makes everything so much better.

[@darthtubius9184]

Not in Vancouver. Not yet, at least. That’s probably where she is moving.

[@christaylor5304]

Move the encampments across the street from the Governor's mansion, Mayor's house as well as City Council and you'll see swift action taken

[@50buttfish]

ILLEGALS, HOMELESS, GANGSTERS, WELFARE SUCKING LEECHES! All need to live on the governors property (IT belongs to the PEOPLE, not the politico).

[@gwillis2230]

Yes indeed. However, those politicians will do exactly as those in Martha's Vineyard have done, and move the homeless elsewhere. that's what happens when elitists rule!

[@cayminlast]

If the citizens stopped voting for these corrupt leaders, maybe things could change for the better. Any politician who becomes a multi millionare after being elected is fully corrupt,for sure.

[@zarb88]

you voted for them

[@tomtee4442]

You are right

[@jayorman4272]

The homeless population, street racing culture, and absolutely insane housing costs convinced my family to abandon the area last year. It’s a shame because 10 years ago Portland was one of the most awesome cities in the world.

[@obscure_films]

Wherever you live now don't vote trash leaders into office. I'm concerned when y'all move to better areas and states y'all are gonna run it into the ground as well.

[@cheesypoofs6256]

Yeah Portland started getting bad after occupy Wall Street.

[@olyokie]

Call something paradise.... Kiss it goodbye... Try handing out maps to the richest neighborhoods to every homeless person... The 1% created this mess....

[@benjaminbritt7862]

Liberal leaders led to this, not the 1%

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

Good, we dont want you here And feel free to pretend every city in USA iant having the same problems during a recession...

[@bigpapaadam1]

My Wife and I live in downtown Portland and we are moving to Vancouver Washington. Most of these people are not homeless… they are panhandlers who are not willing to change no matter what solutions are given to them. If you do not live here then you really do not understand the issues.

[@robertshepherd99]

Seems to me the issues are boundless - and those who have the resources are bailing on the mess they helped create.

[@randallkohn6089]

While you move out?! Looks like your understanding leads to the same conclusion - leave 😂

[@Steven-rp8zo]

I do like how it's called "RAPID Response team" and it takes them a few months to get around to your neighborhood. Typical government program. Quick to take your money, slow to deliver service.

[@mylois62]

Rapid response is a private company not government

[@GemStoneDecals]

Its the response teams that is the problem, they stand in the way of any solution, rearguard-less of whom it comes from. They cry inhumane, heartless and cruel when ever any attempt from the Mayor, city officials do something, they hand out free tampons, free food, free gas vouchers, free tents and sleeping bags, demand tax payers pay for clean porta-pottys, water. But offer very little in progress to community's but have big hands when it comes to donations. Community are up in arms about how little resource teams do, they defend the homeless in hopes nothing gets done so they won't run out of way to line their own pockets. They are not really helping the homeless problem. Some of us in Portland see right through the Rapid Response Teams public agenda.

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

What money? The service is massively underfunded. And that's how they get people like you. They purposefully underfunded it so it fails and then say "I told you so".

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

@@GemStoneDecals They defend the homeless because they are human beings. Simple as that. The response team is massively underfunded to make it fail. Same with Portlands housing first policy, a policy that's proven to work when funded properly, a solution that's cheaper than all the policing and sweeps we do.

[@huyduong7202]

good obersevation. Or how about Portland motto: A City that Works. Now for the crackheads.

[@jeffro5032]

Been exactly one year since I moved out of Portland. Best thing I ever did , and wished I had done it sooner.

[@buttercuptaylor7135]

That's right, keep running away, but you won't get away. We're living in a Fascist country. We have been colonized by our own government. Soon our choices will be a Fascist dictator or a Socialist revolution. Just like Fascist Nazi Germany, except now it's U.S. Fascists. The Russians will liberate America and we will greet them with flowers. History repeats itself and the struggle of the People against Fascism is the "endless war".

[@bmanagement4657]

I left in 2017 after that measure 97 or whatever to raise taxes on Corporations to address the homeless problems was voted down. I saw this coming a mile away. Pay for corporate fascism or lose your city. That's how its always worked. You pay eventually anyways.

[@frankk1512]

Lol imagine moving instead of not voting Dem

[@bmanagement4657]

@@frankk1512 or republican. Oregon is extremely conservative.

[@frankk1512]

@@bmanagement4657 Oregon has voted dem 10/12 times for pres since the 70s. Portland has had a dem mayor FOR 42 years. This issue is in Portland not the country side. You are delusional. The brainwashing is unreal Dem cites are on a death watch

[@michaelmcfeely6588]

Not a day goes by in which my contempt for our government is not reinforced.

[@8188jlpc]

🎯

[@evegreenification]

Yes

[@TheBandit7613]

It's not the government. It's the increasing number of drug addicts. There is no solution.

[@vorpal120]

I think that is a little unfair. "It is the homeless's decision to accept/not accept help." Yes, the govt would be the ones to organize clean-up. Tbf, who wants to do that job? It is mostly volunteer. It probably takes months to get enough people who are willing to do a cleanup. This guy is thinking that there are people available and willing to do this job swiftly. You couldn't pay me to do that job. You can't force city workers to do that kinda stuff. It is dangerous for the people cleaning it up. It is ultimately people who do things, not Govt. You cannot blame "Govt" for inaction or slow response because you still need people do implement and execute whatever. Ultimately these are two-sided problems where people (citizenry) are as much to blame as any govt agency or program. *I guess we will get those "sanctuary districts" soon. Where is Gabriel Bell when you need him?

[@TheBandit7613]

@@vorpal120 I work for the local public works. I (we) do not tolerate what is happening in Portland, Seattle, SF ect. I work at night. I run these vermin around and don't let them settle in one area more than 24 to 48 hours. We clean up with a JD 544H and a couple dump trucks. We don't want to get bed bugs or needle poked. We don't hold trash as "possessions" for 90 days, everything gets crushed and hauled to the landfill. These are not people down on their luck. Those people stay with friends and family or in a shelter for a very short time. These people have already driven away family and friends, stealing and lying. It has nothing to do with low cost housing. Nothing. If housing was $500 bucks a month, they still couldn't afford it. Virtually all of them are on fentanyl. The numbers grow because about everything has fentanyl in it. Cocaine, Vicodin, meth, all laced with fentanyl. The only safe drugs are from a pharmacy. People get hooked on fentanyl after a couple doses. They do what they have to, to get more so they can hold off withdrawal. It's bad. Treatment or rehab is virtually impossible. The numbers are not promising. I can tell you how the whole thing began. I can tell you how to slow it down. Until we realize what it happening, it's going to keep getting worse. As long as the news channels keep calling it homelessness or a housing issue, it will keep getting worse.

[@julianhermanubis6800]

This happens because the city massively enables this and law enforcement has been forced to take a mostly "hands off" policy to the homeless's bad behavior.

[@tonibutts8828]

How are you going to get rid of the homeless? You can't. Their are those who don't want housing. Why? So They can use their money for drugs and not having to pay rent or bills like utilities. Now if you can give them rent free housing for ever, and paying no utilities forever and allow them maid service free to clean up after themselves maybe you might solve the homeless issue. Oh and give them free access to their drug of choice. Free free free the only thing they would have to pay for is food. No? Also provide free food. Oh yes another thing is free public transportation or perhaps a free car with insurance and gas provided free. All they have to do is wash the car. No? get free car washes too. Don't have to work at all. Maybe then we would get rid of the homeless. Give them everything for free. No? Still not satisfied.

[@timby2383]

The politicians, who allow those bums to freely roam and camp around city's resident should house them all in their own mansions.

[@dirtluverluveruvdirt7009]

I’ll tell ya, it sure doesn’t look like this up in NW hills and Lake Oswego. Weird right?

[@johntruxal432]

The voters who elected the local govt in are to blame...enjoy.

[@sarbantz]

Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and not capable of doing anything no matter how simple it is.

[@estherpovaletti2716]

@@johntruxal432 American cons are to blamed. We don’t have this problem in progressive Norway

[@brendawiener2630]

That city is liberal run

[@purelight821]

I feel so bad for the decent homeowners.

[@gonzaloarvietti4920]

So sad they need to move from the house in what they born. Even the state

[@tymobyrne4451]

@@gonzaloarvietti4920 Freedom isnt free, American exceptionalism wasnt a birthright, like some of you seem to assume, people died so you can whine and moan, only to give up without a fight to move and spread your ideas that caused all this in the first place.

[@prague7706]

They vote for this

[@esoxaddict2197]

They voted for it in Portland and they’ll vote for it again wherever they go. West coast liberals are the biggest idiots in America.

[@RedEngin33r]

Why? They voted for this. They continue to vote for this. People are liberal because they're stupid, it's not mysterious, except to liberals. They continue to support the idiot politicians that support this train wreck. And you "feel bad". Uhmm!

[@mermaidtails4391]

Rewarded for doing wrong, criminalized and scolded for doing right. That’s the world we live in today.

[@dutchman063]

Thank your local democrat/liberal

[@leavandenbosch9090]

the same happens in my country, Belgium, with criminals you have to have compassion. I'm raised the other way and I'm treated accordingly, so no compassion with those people

[@rudy_2299]

Build back better at work.

[@deliveryguyrx]

Where's a crazed gunman when you need him?Asking for a friend,lol.

[@johnwalkowiak2002]

Visited Portland in 2017 from Chicago. Thought it was one of the most beautiful cities I had ever seen. Could easily relocate if it wasn't for this. A city with so much potential.

[@joeshmoe7450]

Even if you give these people housing, they destroy the place, just because you get them off the streets doesn't make them anymore responsible.

[@chadl1876]

Fact, you are correct. Joan Hardesty wants to take eminent domain on buildings to put them in! Talk about making crack dens.

[@jannett4333]

Joe Shomoe you're an AZZ, that's not true.. there's always, people like you heck regular people destroys places more check facts or strep back one day it'll be you homeless then you'll learn azz

[@jmbisme]

This is the unfortunate truth about it.

[@Obscure462]

So because they have problems they deserve to exist. Entitled American .

[@jonedmondo8806]

We used to stay in A holiday Inn Express in Henderson, NV. The state started paying the hotel to let homeless people stay there. The rooms were trashed and the place is now a dump. We no longer stay there.

[@ksmith2852]

They want others to solve their problems, give them food, money, free everything..and then not tell them what to do. It's like they never moved past being a toddler. I just don't get it.

[@roryteal5940]

maybe they do want somebody to tell them what to do. Maybe the need to be re-parented in a firm but nurturing environment. Maybe they need someone to teach them a skill and forge a new path. Yes, God has to be included.

[@sarbantz]

Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and they are damaged mentally and physically by fentanyl beyond the point of repair. Camping outside can be a good mental therapy especially in nice weather.

[@tpolerex7282]

@@sarbantz yep, once a fentanyl addict there is no return, they are among the walking dead. There needs to be easily accessible lethal doses to put them and us out of their misery. That is the only solution.

[@Kharkovkid]

@@roryteal5940 "Trust in God, but row away from the rocks. " - Spanish Proverb

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

How weird that a social species will rely on community...

[@JS-yj7ow]

The guy said it all, they have more rights than us homeowners. Nice job Wheeler and all.

[@user-uy3eq5hg1s]

They can do hard drugs openly in the streets, drive cars without license plates, defecate on the sidewalk and the worst that happens to them is a cleanup crew comes out to pick up their mess.

[@sarbantz]

Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and they are damaged mentally and physically by fentanyl beyond the point of repair. Camping outside can be a good mental therapy especially in nice weather.

[@user-uy3eq5hg1s]

​@@sarbantz Why are you spamming this comment? I've seen at least 5 other comment threads on this video where you copied and pasted it. Your comment makes no sense, you think homeless drug addicts with mental illness should be able to camp for free and do hard drugs next to elementary schools and houses because it's good "mental therapy" for them? That's insane. What about how it mentally affects the children who have to step over needles on their way to school and families who look out their window seeing drug addicts roaming right outside?

[@sarbantz]

@@user-uy3eq5hg1s sometimes, truth has to be repeated.

[@carrabrflgal]

@@sarbantz truth of homelessness is a disease and should be treated as such

[@johnc8277]

inconveniencing????? Imagine trying to raise your family around drugs, human waist, violance, and theift and some news station called it a "inconvenience" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Digimonisbetterthanpokemon]

You voted for this, you live with it.

[@mattiga1358]

We proud the grifter is gone 😂

[@Digimonisbetterthanpokemon]

@@mattiga1358 who is the grifter that you speak of?

[@mattiga1358]

@@Digimonisbetterthanpokemon 😂

[@Ami_Decristo]

Just sayin'... Oregon is 100% universal mail in voting....

[@SM-pc7io]

I noticed the last couple of trips to the Oregon coast had a lot of homeless as well. Some living on the beach, most hanging around the grocery stores. Portland is a cess pool, Salem is not far behind and Eugene just passed some truly horrible and stupid rental laws which caused multiple people to immediately put their rentals up for sale. Good people are just giving up.

[@izifaddag8221]

You can't fight a plague of locusts. If these derelicts are catered to they will just want more. Either they are stomped or OR you have to give up and move away. Through their own stupidity the coast from Canada down to Mexico is going to turn into Detroit. It will look like something from Solyent Green.

[@birdlynn417]

Yes, and I am noticing so many homeless criminals leaching out all over Medford now unlike ever before. America is again too late. They should all have locked them up in homeless jail. They dropped out of society and now shit on our properties. This is not right for all the hardworking citizens who don't deserve this suffering that the homeless cause them.

[@davidmassey9243]

@Autumn Leaves people own homes because they worked and saved money for years and years. Give it a try before you tell us who should own rental properties 🤷‍♂

[@wizkaqueefa9003]

@@davidmassey9243 You didn't "save money for years", you begged a Bank for a $400K-$600K loan or you moved out of the city & found a house under $200K. Try actually saving

[@davidmassey9243]

@@wizkaqueefa9003 i’m house shopping right now … because I save 😘

[@Lucid_Waking]

"It's up to the homeless to decide if they want the help or not." Ya know, because their decision making has proven to be quite reliable thus far.

[@21mushroomcupcakes33]

@Nona Byizness You absolutely can, we do it all the time in other contexts. What you mean to say is you don't think they're worth the effort.

[@Living4YHWH]

Poor decision making seldom has anything to do with the cause of homelessness. How very entitled of you to think you're above job loss, medical problems, natural disaster, etc.

[@davidwhittaker9128]

​@@21mushroomcupcakes33 Sorry but you haven't done your research on rehabilitation success rates, Its super low even for those who want the help. Those who don't, just end up right back on the streets again. You CAN help those who don't want help, but its almost never successful. Take Olympia for example, the homeless were put into hotels and few gained housing, the majority ended up back on the streets because they would rather do their drugs instead of get the help they asked for.

[@karkule5919]

@Nona Byizness True, so you know what, you have to force them to leave or they go to jail just like they did at Venice Beach in LA. They don't even pay taxes and they want to have their way....????? Soft mayor, soft city council, soft public officials.

[@toeduso]

@@21mushroomcupcakes33 Yeah? You'll need to share those tactics to not be as you accuse others of being, y'know.

[@DougCeleste]

Portland used to be a wonderful city to live in and visit but not anymore. Those in power have allowed anarchy in the city and streets and thus, what we see in this video is only the tip of the endless problems in the "City of Roses."

[@ssoma151]

You voted for it Portland you got it

[@chrisbudai409]

They sure did that's what happens when liberals (libtards) vote for Demoncrats 😈 ha ha ha

[@JimmyDean1312]

I wish I could vote for all of these stuck up yuppies to leave. I'd rather be around broke drug users any day.

[@schlooonginator1227]

Exactly. It's these, ironically enough, privileged college educated white lefties who come out in droves in support of these policies like defunding police, eliminate bail for repeat offenders, decriminalize drug use and free housing for street people that has caused this in every single left wing city. They all vote these politicians in and when the end result finally ends up on their door step they balk and blame the people they voted in. The same thing is happening in LA, NYC, Seattle... Poo on the streets and massive increases in crime. Enjoy. This is the problem with socialism, society cannot help these people, they have to help themselves. By making it easier to just live on the streets and do dope, live off property crime it's pretty clear the outcome. You need to force them to make a choice between living in misery and facing the consequences or try to improve while offering opportunities to do so while still enforcing rules. Society coddli g them like infants hasn't helped anyone.

[@buttercuptaylor7135]

Americans don't get anything we vote for. Have a nice nap?

[@bigedslobotomy]

The homeless girl said that the city needs to offer a solution. How do you offer a solution to someone who doesn’t want a solution?

[@canileaveitblank1476]

EXACTLY!

[@crand20033]

Whatever they come up with it wouldn't be good enough for them.

[@Itsmeagain828]

You force the solution.

[@mizzmini45]

Your right

[@r8chlletters]

There’s an easy solution: offer these people all the drugs they want for free. Problem solved.

[@paulbernard7349]

Keep voting the way you have been, and you'll keep getting what you got.

[@sableann4255]

💯

[@buttercuptaylor7135]

Voting? Seriously, VOTING?! Is that why the Presidents come and go but the bombs NEVER stop? We're voting as hard as we can, choosing between two war criminals selected by the Deep State. Voting, right.

[@bmanagement4657]

Measure 97 refusing to tax corporations is why this is all happening.

[@joanzaglool8300]

Why doesn’t anyone in this town get that?

[@flower2289]

@@bmanagement4657 You are one lost human being. Failure to enforce the law is why this is happening. Has nothing to do with corporate taxation. The liberal voters in Portland are to blame. Liberalism is a disease.

[@RobertsNevada]

One of the reasons I left too. Loved Portland for 50 years. I now live in Reno, Nevada. Great city and community. Join me in the "Greatest Little City in the World."

[@IamRipplehead]

She said thanks for cleaning up the booty juice! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 At least she was honest. Please revisit this location in a month and see what this intervention has accomplished. My bet is absolutely nothing. Too bad for the tax payers on the street. Taxation without representation is alive and well in Portland.

[@mariev2342]

The tampons and booty juice really sent me lol. What’s insane is she’s literally saying we are ill and on drugs and people representing the homeless are still out here making it 100% about housing ignoring these main issues 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@prima-madalina]

Omg that was SO funny

[@JulsLittleBeirutAnarchy]

"Booty juice" They really should eat less, beans 🫘.

[@WarriorVinyard]

she looks like she has been using crack for the past 20 years

[@r8chlletters]

That “hazard clean up team” did not have the correct gear at all…some cleaning up with no protective clothing or masks. Hepatitis anyone?

[@bwbrady8372]

….. “but it’s up to the homeless to decide if they want the help or not.” Bingo! That’s the problem! Stop giving them the option of living on the street. Either accept help or go to jail. It will save lives.

[@CTF33]

Putting hundreds of homeless in already over crowded jails is not feasible. The only real solution is humane euthanization, but nobody wants to make the hard decisions to solve this.

[@ursulasmith6402]

The help would be giving JOBS , EVERYONE CAN DO!

[@BackyardRebel]

@@ursulasmith6402 what jobs can drug addicts stick to and do? I've talked to quite a few homeless people over the years, as has my husband and our pastor and friends...the majority of these people have flat-out said they don't want to be tied down to a job or the responsibility of bills, etc. They don't want jobs or help finding a job-- they want hand outs. Can lead a horse to water but you can't make'em drink!

[@michaelfuchs]

I understand feeling that way but one of the problems with jail is that it costs tax payers about $45,000 per year per person.

[@shivtim]

And what have you done to help homeless people?

[@carpo719]

stand up for your neighborhood, don't let them force you out. The lady said 'there's a problem, but what do you do to solve it?" Well, to start, it is not up to the neighbors to solve YOUR problems. How about take accountability, and the services offered, and clean up like the rest of us? Patience wears thin when my kids walk down the street and see piles of frickin needles in the bushes. No excuse.

[@user-xm3ou4uu6q]

@Alaric I agree with that.

[@user-xm3ou4uu6q]

I living in a gated community sounds crazy to me, but dam it also sounds like a necessity.

[@BallardBaller]

Sulfuric acid in a super soaker melts tents... just saying

[@JustSheaShea]

Hold your sentiment sometimes. It’s frustrating, I know from experience. But then I watch SoftWhiteUnderbelly and ate a slice of humble pie.

[@redcurrantart]

In my neighborhood there have been 5 murders in the last 10 months within 3blocks. I don’t feel safe walking my dog because of the camps. I’ll be looking to move next year. ‘Don’t let them force you out.’ So stay with filthy surrounding and junkies, be exposed to theft, vandalism, crime and violence instead? Give me a break.

[@haywood4299]

When the consequences of misplaced empathy hit you right in the face.

[@OldAndGettingOlder]

Relocation camps. You can be homeless if you want, but you can't be homeless where you want.

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

(sigh) Even that homeless woman knows the drill. Everyone knows that having people live on the street is a problem that ebbs and flows with the periodic clean ups, but it isn't being solved. Just reshuffling the deck and moving the mess around.

[@canileaveitblank1476]

The “solution” involves stopping drug use, and following basic rules; most homeless do not want either of those things.

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

@@canileaveitblank1476 That's not the solution, considering many homeless people are not on drugs and some even hold full time jobs. The issue is we live under an economic system that requires there to be homeless people so there will be enough desperate people that dont want to end up homeless to shit work for shit wages. We should also consider the fact that most drug addicts are housed people. The largest criminal are giant corporations. The largest form of theft is wage theft. That's when employers steal wages from their employees. It dwarfs all other forms of theft in USA. But sure, it's the fault of the people society had left behind and not the society itself.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

That's because the MAJORITY of them aren't just down on their luck temporarily due to bad luck financially They'll ruin anywhere they go because they don't gaf about others, are drug addicts, criminals and mentally ill Providing Housing does nothing They won't take it and if they do they'll destroy the Building/home/apt/hotel they're graciously provided with in no time

[@lockandloadlikehell]

@@skyisreallyhigh3333 WRONG, gunt Sounds you're not homeless to me And don't have a gd clue what you're talking about Little socio fascist enablers like you are the problem You're just a lazy bitch

[@lockandloadlikehell]

@@canileaveitblank1476 The solution doesn't have anything to do with drugs dipshit If you wanted to do that you'd be voting to eradicate your failed socialist drug war- not the opposite, Mr Karl Marx

[@thelegendofmiles]

We've given them literal decades it's time for tough love make it illegal to camp in the city limits

[@manjon217]

I've been around drug addicts all my life. The only thing that gets them to change their lifestyle is looking at prison time. My brother has been clean and sober since he got arrested with drugs and the judge mandated drug tests. If he passed them and cleaned himself up she offered to drop all the charges. It's been 8 years now and he has a bachelor's degree and is a successful salesman now for state farm. These people need tough love for sure. Drug addicts will just take advantage of other people's kindness. That's the issue with Portland. Everyone in the city is too woke and just wants to be kind and inclusive or whatever, but drug addicts don't play that game.

[@Argonwolfproject]

@@manjon217 Some people can break the hold with enough willpower or fear of consequences, but many are too tightly in the grips of their addiction to quit. Obviously law breaking should be met with a fair judicial response, but the law also needs to consider that drugs are basically a form of mind control, the most severely affected sufferers of which literally have no free will when it comes to quitting. For many people, it's just one bad choice (that doesn't even seem particularly bad at the time) that ends up enslaving them to a mind-altering molecule. At any rate, I'm glad to hear your brother was strong enough to defeat his addiction, and I hope he has a happy life in which they never afflict him again.

[@springforthspeedily]

Visited Portland in 2003. Was such a beautiful city and area. It is sad to see this has happened so fast. Unfortunately, these people who are moving out will go to new cities and vote for the same policies and types of leaders who allow this to take place in PDX until their new city/town is also ruined. Already happening in CO and AZ.

[@steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeveeeeeeee9803]

Why would someone go out of their way to move out of portland just to vote for the same policies that resulted in Portland being the way it is today? How tf does that make any sense?

[@sbostic08]

"I'm happy that their cleaning up the tampons and booty juice..." She kept it all the way real! 😂😂😂😂

[@rustyshackleford4801]

Shit had me rollin! 😂

[@Soul_Education]

This may be the real reason why my cousin refuses to invite me to visit her in Portland. She's obviously ashamed of her city.

[@methus57]

maybe she just doesn't like you

[@Soul_Education]

@@methus57 She might be jealous of my lifestyle! I guess that would make a person dislike another person🤷🏾‍♀️ Do you live in Portland? Such a vitriolic comment! I must have touched a nerve🤫

[@methus57]

@@Soul_Education someone sounds a little defensive. therapy helps

[@Soul_Education]

@@methus57 I hope you get therapy yourself! It must be hard seeing your city turned to crap!

[@DaveMelby]

What has to change is to not give the homeless a choice. Make them move to a shelter. Otherwise nothing will change.

[@JS-rk7es]

Absolutely!. "It's up to them to decide." How can you let that decision be made a drug addicted mentally ill individual? Are they the ones making the laws as well? Sure seems that way!

[@swerne01]

They won't stay there.

[@sarbantz]

Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and they are damaged mentally and physically by fentanyl beyond the point of repair. Camping outside can be a good mental therapy especially in nice weather.

[@Maria.9094]

@@JS-rk7es yep then u have these idiot advocates saying "don't criminalize someone for being poor." OK what about the drug use, prostitution, drug sales, theft, trespassing and all the other laws the homeless break on a daily basis? Why do they have more rights than law abiding taxpayers? Disgusting.

[@pdxtom]

@@sarbantz 😂😂😂

[@thetruth9775]

Why do people keep voting for these incompetent city council and mayor??

[@elnero6875]

“You gotta give them a solution” maybe the solution is to stop doing drugs😳, doubt what’s left of her brain can comprehend that though

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

Work, prison, or commitment to a mental institution. Choose wisely.

[@elnero6875]

@@Kyle-sr6jm be useful and contribute to society, be a degenerate lowlife and drag society down, or be completely useless and make society drag you.

[@janhatcher6991]

There is a solution lady get off the streets and get off drugs. There are treatment centers for you to go into to get help. Stop blaming others and stop making excuses. You've made that choice and you can change.

[@evanshall]

Oh, if we could only get this message to her, surely she'd turn her life around. Who are you kidding? These people are beyond hope.

[@estherpovaletti2716]

Treatment facilities have very long waiting lists, and won’t eliminate the foundational problems that push Americans to this point

[@elizabethr4107]

@@estherpovaletti2716 so there is no point in trying bc it is hard? that's just adulthood: doing the hard thing again and again. they shld stay on yr street, esther.

[@estherpovaletti2716]

@@elizabethr4107 You know why they won’t be on my street, Lizzy? Because I moved to a progressive country where we actually address the foundational issues that lead to this. So we don’t have this problem. Why don’t you do the same, America? Don’t want to try because it’s too hard?

[@testmail7916]

@@estherpovaletti2716 what "progressive" country would this be?

[@danheaton2522]

Hard to feel sorry for them when most of them voted for this, now they can deal with the consequences of their votes.

[@richardthompson7135]

But they still don’t get it??

[@edwardsmith5650]

And they reelected Wheeler after he let ANTIFA burn down the city.

[@adlaistevenson146]

The Los Angeles County Poor Farm was a solution for homelessness back before the great depression, it's located in the city of Downey. At it's peak is was more than 500 acres and this allowed the poorest to have a roof over their heads and a chance to work on the farm to build self respect. This is still there but in disrepair. Years ago there were many poor farms across the country, these should be tried again.

[@lynncarden]

I guess that places like these are now housing illegals ...

[@r8chlletters]

I keep saying, bring back the Poor Farms. I’d also argue that prisons should use that model, stop making inmates work for private companies and have institutions become self supporting. It’s entirely possible.

[@NicoleSchadenfreude]

i left portland in 2003.its crazy to see how fast a beautiful city can be destroyed. i have fond memories as a child riding my bike everywhere and going to the parks with my dad. this also seems to be spreading throughout oregon as well ,the more i see it the more i want to move further in the woods far away from it

[@aprilflowers1579]

Please don't come back

[@NicoleSchadenfreude]

@@aprilflowers1579 lol no problem. enjoy your hellscape

[@DroneStrike1776]

Because of the liberals. Keep it up. Keep voting Blue, just don't cry about it afterwards.

[@aprilflowers1579]

@@DroneStrike1776 I don't vote for either party and despise both as the enemies of working people. The current issue was created by politicians of both parties making decisions against the interests of the entire working class. I believe in and practice direct action solutions that benefit my class in it's entirety opposed to polices of politicians working to benefit wealthy elites. The democrat/republican paradigm is a sham to keep we, the working people, from exercising power in our interests in a meaningful way

[@JaStvarno]

@@aprilflowers1579 "we, the working people" 😁😁😁😁 you HATE working people.

[@whatwasthat3269]

This is what they voted for..... And when they leave their state to move to your state they will vote the same way that ruined where they left.

[@andywalex]

Yup, and who wants some asshole living in their state that ruined the state they just came from and won't have the spine to stick around and fix things once everything is screwed up?

[@ScienceNotFaith]

What a stupid statement. Nobody voted to have homeless people living all over the place. That's just an absurd and ignorant statement. As the black lady said - it's the drugs. Drugs are the main problem all over this country. Yes, that includes red and blue states, republican and democratic locations/cities. There is homelessness due to drug use everywhere and it's not due to voting. It's due to people getting hooked on drugs. Pushing people around is no different than spraying for insects in your home. Sure you are free of them for a while, but all you've really done is send them to your neighbors before the poison wears off and they come back. I see a lot of attempts at cleaning up homelessness, but I've yet to see any real solutions or progress. If the city were run by the right (Republicans) please explain how they would do things differently. What methods would they use that haven't already been tried and failed? I don't think either "side" has an answer - especially when the homeless themselves don't want the help - only to stay on the street and do more drugs.

[@kenosabi]

Except that no one's really voting for anything. If you think we've had honest elections for the last few decades you aren't nearly as "aware" as you think.

[@praywithpio6028]

Bingo!

[@jonwmiller]

@david chapman No, that's exactly correct. I saw it happen in California. I saw it happen in Oregon. I saw it happen in Washington. Loose drug laws and people that want loose drug laws cause homeless problems.

[@davidweststrate9379]

The homeless are making the rules, by not having rules . Tax payers WORK to pay so the trash gets picked up. Politicians represent both groups. Of these three groups, which needs to have it's purpose in the community changed?

[@Jackjohnjay]

It’s almost like lawlessness sucks…

[@bettya.k.abetty8259]

My family moved from Canada to Oregon in 1993 a year after I was born. We lived in Wilsonville when it was mostly just swampy. We moved to Virginia in 1998 when I was only 6 years old. I met my wife in 2016 and I got a data analyst position in Wilsonville Oregon. The change just freaking shocked me

[@tracys169]

Is there a houseless crisis there in Wilsonville, OR? I used to go there all the time and a lot of old friends lived in that area. Now I've moved to SE Portland and oh boy. My family are either in Canby, OR--some in Tigard--they tell me they usually don't see any houseless camp there but when they come see me in SE Portland, they always say, "WOW, there are so many houseless encampments everywhere!" My parents are actually embarrassed of me because my house is in SE Portland.

[@TheBaronAmaruPhoenix]

Yeah what was the change

[@Jim-vr2lx]

@@TheBaronAmaruPhoenix He may be a 'data analyst', but he writes like a sixth-grader.

[@ricksmith4736]

Yes, you were part of the transplants who started to invade Oregon in the late 80's.... Thanks alot for these problems.... Go Biden voters.....

[@BrianMark1776]

Remember when Washington Oregon and California were red states? Not anymore, that's for damn sure. 😢

[@randallbrostean8009]

Clear em all out of Portland. Make it illegal to set up homeless camps.

[@benjaminrichard7741]

Yes! Exactly they have tiny houses now and also the bybee facility

[@carpo719]

I agree

[@johnsonspark171]

Why can't we hunt them like deer?

[@bluechex7881]

Work Will Set You Free

[@cats5351]

State paid cleaning lady.

[@Synfulz]

Keep Ted Wheeler and Kate Brown in office. Portland made their choices, live with it.

[@huyduong7202]

They'll vote in democratic again. Tweeters have their bad habits so do democratic voters. Like they said old habits to hard to break until a catastrophe happen then it's too late.

[@EndFreemasonry]

Democrats cheat. If vote fraud was eliminated there would be no blue cities.

[@bmanagement4657]

Measure 97. Portland made its choice.

[@Synfulz]

@@jersmith1486 laughable

[@EndFreemasonry]

@@jersmith1486 How could you possibly think that? Without the five largest democrat cities the us is the second safest country on earth. Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, LA, New Orleans, San Francisco, etc etc All these shit holes have democrats to thank for destroying them. You don’t see homeless shitting in the streets or shooting up( guns or needles ) in red cities.

[@jodylancaster8706]

Seattle, Portland, San Fran and LA. Beautiful country all the way down the coast, but the cities have turned to crap. Sad.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Entire West coast.

[@tremblence]

liberals wanted to defund the police So crime went up, children are getting kidnapped and fentanyl is flooding into the US homelessness is increasing, inflation is getting worse and all leftists are concerned with is calling innocent people racist, when they clearly aren't... like this lady kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqnLpJasZ5KaebM A woke university even promoted the protests against the bakery.....all on FALSE claims..... watch for yourself

[@Steveleanr]

@@karlabritfeld7104 Not hardly, only a small fraction, but if you think so, please.. stay the F away........

[@mariusfacktor3597]

When NIMBYs banned new housing for 50 years you get mass homelessness. Who would have thought.

[@jimatron369]

That’s just it… cities. Where all the revenue comes from… California is said to be the 8th largest economy in the world. Sitting in the richest country in the world. Cities… where all the jobs are? Where all the people go? People are leaving… people don’t govern this country. Money does. And the working class is slowly being strangled, with nowhere to go. Let’s all vote for another billionaire, they want what’s best for us, they really do

[@truecanuck97]

I travel for work in the US so I've visited a large number of cities across all of the states. Portland, in particular, had a shockingly bad homeless problem. The best description I have to describe it is, "Put Seattle and San Francisco together."

[@doamaker6674]

It's because of the politicians they keep putting in office here.

[@deloreanman14]

Kind of amazing because if you ask some people who live here, they just shrug and say, "Every city in America looks like this." They genuinely believe that not only is this acceptable, it's somehow normal.

[@doamaker6674]

@@deloreanman14 I call BS. I live in Oregon and know a lot of people who are not happy what happened to their city. I bet you don't even live there.

[@deloreanman14]

@@doamaker6674 Born and raised and watching it fall apart in slow motion has been the most painful experience of my life. I'm not happy, either but like I said...*some* people, not all.

[@TelMegiddo]

Yeah who saw this coming. Certainly not all the people watching the city gentrify and push out any sort of property that people could afford. It's a fucking mystery why there are so many expensive properties and so many people without homes in Portland.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Portland has been turning to crap for years. It's no longer the cute little walkable city it was years ago. I literally saw the writing on the wall in 2017 with the crime and homelessness, filth everywhere, people sleeping in the doorway of my office building. I sold my house and moved to a small clean safe town in Virginia. I have twice as much house for half the cost. Never going back to Portland. Anyone who is staying that can afford to move is saying they love it there. If you're not leaving, you must like it a lot to put up with what has happened to Portland. If you're not going to leave, stop whining. Because nothing is going to change. It's not going to get better.

[@chadl1876]

We are right behind you. Moving to Colorado in a few months

[@sidehustletips]

No, you didn't. It was stil adorable until 2020.

[@chadl1876]

@@sidehustletips pretty sure that is a false satement. Its been going down hill the past 7 years so your math os way off

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

Weird, I walk around everywhere just fine. It usually helps when you dont demonize homeless people and see them as human beings.

[@carrabrflgal]

Yep! Made a similar move a yr ago. Will never ever go back

[@tpalmer4829]

Thank god I live in harsh winters. This BS wouldn’t fly around here. My snowblower would be aimed at their tent in no time!! “Try an igloo!!!”

[@drageogaming4304]

"inconveniencing neighbors"...you mean posing a very real threat to life and property, right?

[@isaacbacka8731]

What are you so scared of them for? Lmfao

[@drageogaming4304]

@@isaacbacka8731 Needles, diseases, theft, drug use and the results on their brains, random acts of violence, stepping in their poop, rape and/or sexual violence...shall I continue?

[@Konnen-l9h]

@@isaacbacka8731 people on drugs are dangerous, they'll do crazy things. Anyone with a brain would fear to have themselves or their family around those people.

[@tmmellen58]

We own a home across the river in the hills above Washougal WA. (across the river from Portland.) A neighbor relocated out of state and left their nice home vacant until it could be sold. Tweaker/squatters moved into it without their knowledge. They tore out all the copper tubing and pricey vinyl fencing and sold the fencing on craiglist, then got cash for the copper at a recycling center. The owners had to legally evict these squatters, law enforcement couldn't intervene to get them out without a court ordered eviction. It took months. Outrageous. The comment by this woman that they are on drugs is pathetic. Tax payers should not be made to enable these people. I get that they are addicts. It's difficult for me to continue having empathy when I can't even go to Portland any longer without being accosted in my car because they are angry that I don't have cash or cigarettes to give them. Their right to live on the street and remain drug addicted, panhandle and commit crimes and not be responsible citizens that contribute to society is not a right. The government is enabling this behavior.

[@chadl1876]

Not just the govenrment, the people of Portland. They like to pretend that they are woke and good people when in fact they are not and just selfish people.

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

So they left a vacant home others need. Good. I hope more vacancys get taken over.

[@sadieblue9345]

@@skyisreallyhigh3333 Your life must be totally miserable. You are full of jealously and hatred. Satan must have convinced you that your life is pointless. You seem to have an activist spirit about you and if you would just tap into the love of Christ, you could possibly help people. You dont have to live your life mad and angry at others. Get help,. work hard , stop doing drugs and enjoy life for once.

[@chrisbudai409]

I would have shot the fuckers and feed them to the fish problem solved

[@evegreenification]

@@skyisreallyhigh3333 You're not using everything you own right this instant, which means I get to steal it from you.

[@Kelly-lj9vd]

Portland needs to re-instate the ban on city camping. That’s a simple first step. Austin changed course already. Almost 40% of homeless (research shows) drug addicted and 40% mental illness. We can offer help just to those who want it (drug/mental health/job support/shower/laundry/garbage/bus ride out/NOT free housing for most because cost/maybe short term or reduced rent for just a bit). Yes Portland is expensive and yes people can move. I was homeless in a city for a year and lived in a van. I never left thrash around or disrupted neighbors. I worked full time even though could only work under the table as was not a citizen of the country. There’s so many jobs available in Portland. Same day pay jobs even. The homeless issue is out of control here. I’ve been physically assaulted at a stop light with young kids in my car. Assaulted verbally (loudly and followed) because I didn’t have money to give, again with young kids in tow. I’m not speaking from privilege. I’m a former foster kid no family support.

[@Briefcase217]

Amen; I hope you've found a better life. Hard work pays off (most of the time). I was only homeless for a week and it eye opening. I was very fortunate to own a vehicle where others aren't. I sadly don't have as much sympathy for drug addicts, but I have never walked in their shoes.

[@evognayr]

Only poor people work. Hard work is for the poor.

[@Briefcase217]

@david chapman Not Austin's problem then. Send the drug addicts to Portland. Many places have done this "free one way ticket to a nicer climate". Not solving the problem but it isn't their problem anymore.

[@methus57]

@@evognayr some of the hardest workers I've seen in my life are not poor.

[@dylanjtjhnsn]

Mandatory drug rehab & treatment is needed.

[@americanmilitiaman88]

I take a look around Portland and ask. How can anyone that lives here think they have a good life and live in a good place

[@kyleainsworth9871]

Because we choose to participate in life and aren't afraid of a little perspective. You want sanitized cookie cutter bullshit with nothing but olive garden's, banks and churches move your stupid ass to the Midwest and buy fettuccine Alfredo with your tax return you simple fuck. Tunnel or bridge, bitch.

[@bahamutstear1369]

Landlords love cause let’s say they bought a building for $100000 15 years ago now they take in that much in rent EVERY MONTH

[@MichaelDeMersLA]

It’s a shit hole!

[@bobsacamano7653]

due to greed

[@duvine3882]

Compared with the southern states is easy.

[@alexzabala2154]

It's NOT UP TO THE HOMELESS to decide if they want to move or not!!!!

[@tallswede80]

the more uncomfortable they are, the more likely they are to make a change. People respond to incentives. Currently, the incentives are causing them to stay on the street.

[@kensprice]

Been living in Portland for 30 years and raised my family here. This place has turned to shit and we just sold our house and moving out of state. Anyone with half a brain will do the same. It’s only going downhill from here!

[@JimmyJamesBlueFlames]

Same we are moving once our new house is built. I have many friends that have moved away as well.

[@bonjovirocks24]

If you keep voting for Democrats, the shit hole will follow. Please don't move elsewhere & take your bed bugs with you.

[@jbranum3087]

Moved to the coast two years ago. Moving to Pennsylvania this weekend. We're out

[@kensprice]

@@jbranum3087 we moved to Rhododendron and live on the river. So peaceful up here. Completely different vibe than the city. It’s a shame because Portland has so much potential if they can vote out the libtards but I’m not waiting around for that to happen. Gonna be a long time before Portland comes back if it ever does.

[@chuckruckus3648]

Yeah you goner move and ruin your new area I bet

[@kingwr12]

She doesn't want a solution, she wants THE solution that she wants.

[@DTachaJr]

The funny part is 10 years from now you will think this was a picnic...

[@evognayr]

Just by reading these comments, I can tell it's only going to get worse.

[@tomtee4442]

You are right. In Columbia South Carolina a few years ago the city and people was sick of the homeless encampments. So FEMA rounded up the homeless and took them away forever. First Columbia South Carolina had public service announcements on TV if you see the homeless down town call us we will help them!!! Eventually this will happen in these Lawless Homeless Addicted Tent Encampment Nasty Uninhabitable Cities.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

Portland's taxes are being well spent in this Progressive paradise. Keep voting Left!

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

What left are people voting for? All we have in Portland is a conservative government that's sorta kinda ok with gays. We call those people liberals. The left knows the solution. It's called giving them housing. Ted Wheeler has suggested putting them in concentration camps. That's straight up fascist. Please learn your politics.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

@@skyisreallyhigh3333 Oh. My. GOD! Portland has a "conservative" government? What are you smoking and how much did it cost? The mayor, Ted Wheeler, is a green energy, gun control advocate. The city commission is made up of a black woman, Jo Ann Hardesty, an advocate for defunding the police; a black man, Mingus Mapps, a former professor of political science who ran on a police reform/pro-gun control/rental protection reform campaign (all Progressive planks); a Hispanic woman, Carmen Rubio, who uses the term "Latinx"; and an openly gay man, Dan Ryan, who has been diagnosed HIV positive. If these folks are "conservatives," I'll eat my hat!

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

Facts!!!

[@ambrosiarodriguez9134]

I can tell you that moving to Washington is not gonna totally fix it because it’s just as bad here as it is there now even in towns where it never was before

[@lavendereverglow959]

Seriously! You’d have to go pretty rural up here in Washington to get away from all that. :/

[@PPyle]

After 49 years living in Portland; I moved to Vancouver a 2 years ago because of this and only regret not moving sooner! If Vancouver ends up like Portland I guess I will move again.

[@harishs7723]

It won’t be fixed when politicians and non-profits benefit from funds allocated for homeless people. 80% of those funds go towards “administrative” activities.

[@samholloman4123]

That's a big part of the problem too! It's self perpetuating

[@Cardsaremyhustle]

That lady summed it up perfectly, “we’re homeless and on drugs” I think asking them to get help is laughable. It’s time to start committing them.

[@mcrow3856]

Yup I agree. The mental health and drug addicts are out of control. We need locked insane asylums. Feed them wild goose and any other invasive animal that needs removing.

[@starventure]

But the soys will start screaming “concentration camps”.

[@baizhanghuaihai2298]

Minneapolis take note. Hell, it’s already happened here, Minneapolis is a husk, a shell, it’s beyond the paddles at this point.

[@truthexplorer5600]

It's too cold to ever be as bad.

[@baizhanghuaihai2298]

​@clot shots It’s mostly because of feel-goodery from Minnesota judges, who let violent offenders off the hook repeatedly. These judges have been appointed by everybody from Ventura, Pawlenty, Dayton, and Walz-a rather diverse political spectrum, as Minnesota traditionally has varied widely with gubernatorial outcomes, though votes blue predictably in national elections. The understaffed police actually do an good job of apprehension, but the judges stay the felonies, it’s nuts.

[@baizhanghuaihai2298]

@@truthexplorer5600 The winter temperatures do definitely tamp down the crime that’s true, but our summers are very hot and humid, and it all comes out then. We get a ton of influx from Chicago and Milwaukee in the summers, gang bangers, and it’s just gunfire and sketchy, ragged people, round the clock from like May through October. The encampments do tend to migrate to warmer weather, but some stay, and the ones who do get very bold and desperate in the middle of January when it’s -20 F.

[@beowulf916]

I wonder how many of those irate residents voted the very people in who let this happen.

[@bahamutstear1369]

Yeah I moved here in 97 because I loved the area and now I wish I could get out my lease this place has completely lost control of everything the real truth the rents here do not reflect the earnings of most Portlanders when it sure did when I moved here but management companies destroyed the market just as all corporations have destroyed government and AMERICA

[@bman6065]

All corporations have destroyed America? I was with you up to that high water mark.

[@sarbantz]

Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and they are damaged mentally and physically by fentanyl beyond the point of repair. The only thing they really wanna is to be as close as possible to their fentanyl dealers. Camping outside can be a good mental therapy especially in nice weather.

[@eriknorman7409]

No, Democrat liberal policies destroyed Oregon!!! I'm a born and raised native of Oregon. this was a red state all the way up until Reagan, after Reagan it went blue and what do you know look at it now....

[@oldschoolzone5711]

Free hand outs sound great until the bill comes doesn't it? You get what you Vote for

[@bahamutstear1369]

@@bman6065 ok not all most

[@belisarius1]

"She's moving to WA..." LMFAO, you go from Portland to Seattle, it's like jumping from frying pan into the fire.

[@johnbussiere]

My assumption was not Seattle

[@Michelle-no8tp]

Yes it is.

[@thelittlepodperson5722]

It shouldn't BE up to the homeless to decide if they want to go anywhere. The ONLY way to keep most of these people off drugs is to incarcerate them. It doesn't have to be expensive maximum security. We used to have poor houses. You expect to live off your neighbors, then we get to expect to tell you where you can live and what you have to do, like CLEAN parks & highways. FORCING them away from the drugs that are killing them IS benevolence.

[@mikalsolo2678]

🤔

[@sarbantz]

Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and they are damaged mentally and physically by fentanyl beyond the point of repair. Camping outside can be a good mental therapy especially in nice weather.

[@chadl1876]

@@sarbantz let them sleep in the counr=try then outside of city limits so we don't have to worry about being shot by a random bullet

[@sarbantz]

@@chadl1876 They are fentanyl addicts. The only thing they wanna is to be as close as possible to their fentanyl dealers. They are like toddlers in a way. They are not capable of doing anything no matter how simple it is. They just think about smoking fentanyl all the time. It is very extreme, but it is what it is.

[@chadl1876]

100% ban within city limits or round them up and put them on a drug island in the middle of the ocean

[@Notawesomeatall7]

The majority of homeless people are drunks and junkies and they DONT want to stop. I watched this with my siblings. Its easy to blame everyone and everything else than take accountability and be productive and be a victim.

[@kirkjones9639]

I saw this coming, and voted with my feet, 20 years ago. I have more than 100 relatives in the Portland/Vancouver area, and those that would talk to me about, said I was wrong. I'm not happy about being right.

[@jfortier23]

Accountability on the person and those who are in positions of power: that’s the solution; accountability!

[@estherpovaletti2716]

Americans don’t want the progressive policies that prevent this

[@chadl1876]

@@olecamohatmcgilicudy4256 That's a lie. Most of them are there solely because they are drug addicts. Pull your head out of your butt, people like you are the problem, making up excuses for them.......

[@DashBorad_P]

@@olecamohatmcgilicudy4256 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣gtfoh with that shit….. you can tell someone what they can and what they can’t charge.. if you have over 70% of ppl who looking for a apt cause they can’t afford to buy a 500k. House or rent a 3500 2-3 bedroom home. What you expect then? Rent is going to go out the roof. Smh portland use to be one of the cheapest places to live in the US. Until Cali residence started getting push out. And guess where they went? That’s right. You guess it to portland. So that’s why portland is fuck up. Blame on the ppl coming from Cali

[@caramelbilquees]

Shelters are BAD ABUSE CORRUPTION

[@gypsykitsune8949]

I got kicked off of the pirtland subreddit for sayinf something like this, under the reason "trolling this subreddit while not living here." I live within walking distance to sunnyside elementry. They complain they want change, but when the solution of take reaponibility comes along then your the asshole.

[@schmitt2038]

they voted for it why are they complaining. Oh and please don't come to Texas we don't need those problems

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

You dont know who they voted for or if they even voted. Stop with this ignorant argument.

[@12GaugePadawan]

If they leave, here’s to hoping that they now understand that the failed government doesn’t work. Wishful thinking. Sigh.

[@edmondlau511]

The citizens of Portland voted for, and keep voting for, the politicians who allowed this to happen. In a way, the citizens asked for it so they should have to live with the consequences of their voting.

[@nickjohansen9038]

TIL that city politicians have the power to end capitalism. Damn them for keeping this despotic system that breeds inequality.

[@xtiphuny89]

It’s not an inconvenience, it’s endangerment.

[@apolloomd4939]

Amen. I am all about freedom but shooting up in front of my house and my children, nope! If you are not going to solve the problem then one large area outside the city needs to be designated for "campers." You cannot be allowed to disrupt life in a city which infringes on the rights of people who are actually trying to produce in society. Give 72 hours for "campers" to move to the one designated area or they need to leave the city. In one area people on drugs can get help. Theft, violence, and mental illness can be monitored. Outlaw homelessness in all but one area of a city.

[@justrosy5]

And you think the homeless aren't in danger? CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY.

[@apolloomd4939]

@@justrosy5 what you have to realize is that many of the homeless people choose to put themselves into danger. I have tried on multiple occasions to hire homeless people for work. I have been turned down by every single one of them because they choose not to have obligations, taxes, bills, etc. When are we going to address the fact that most people who are chronically homeless are homeless because they choose to be?

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

@@apolloomd4939 I love how your solution is to move them put of sight and away from resorces. That person doing drugs in front of your house is a neighbor. The solution is to put homeless people in permanent housing, and then give them the other services they need. The solution is never "out of sight, out of mind" because there will always be more. The fact that you dont care to actually help the weakest in your community is just very telling of what type of person you are. You got yours so fuck everyone else.

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

@@justrosy5 They dont see the homeless as human.

[@Natalieneptune469]

I'm so thankful that my landlords are renting me a place to live in at a reasonable rate . Inflation is uncomfortable but i'm thankful that my job pays for my life.

[@wiebeplatt4749]

You are lucky because rents are going up everywhere . Rent prices rose by 0.8% in june from a month earlier, according to the labor department it is the largest monthly gain since 1986.

[@instinctively_awesome8283]

@@wiebeplatt4749 How can the typical family with average income afford a higher rate+ more expensive home? in my area multi generational home is becoming the norm . Don’t forget to add the inflation which just this week was 9.1 on the CPI , producers index 11.3, it’s going to be a rough ride for sure.

[@PhilipMurray251]

Time will tell how this period will treat people that never save, invest, lived beyond means, paycheck to paycheck, too many kids, too big of home, keeping up with the joneses with FOMO,YOLO, paying alimony, child support, etc

[@Natalieneptune469]

I raised all my rents at least 30% in the past year. You better hope your landlord doesn't catch on to reality.

[@isull6666]

Turn homeless camps into labor camps. You keep voting for it Portland, enjoy what you keep voting for. Quit whining, this is what you want. You keep crying but do nothing about it and wait for someone else to do something take back your own streets.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

There you go- she said IT- they're on DRUGS . If a rational thinker falls in hard times, no money why then, would you use drugs, let alone where did the money come from for the drugs, booze, cigarettes ?

[@MrDVCHITTer]

Im working a miserable job day in day out to provide for my family. I feel stuck , no choice but to keep working. No work , no money , no money no stable life. Where's my solution ? as long we're feeling entitled, who's going to carry my burden. These people get themselves in these situations but they want the government and productive citizens to bail them out. Wtf!

[@gg3675]

Exactly! Just move somewhere where there’s no homelessness! Stop expecting the cops to come move them for your view!

[@gg3675]

@david chapman I’ve learned from these comments that apparently this is only a problem for places that voted for the unspecified bad people, so I’m assuming there are plenty of spots. Should’ve really said that they should just build them houses themselves instead of just complaining about it and/or fantasizing that they’ll all be murdered like psychos

[@gg3675]

@david chapman (just want to be clear that my original comment was sarcastic and that my point is that this is a problem everywhere bc it dawned on me that you might not have gotten that)