Portland put out dozens of portable toilets for homeless people. Nearly all of them are now gone

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@davewil3
@davewil3 Жыл бұрын
Just like the destroyed toilets, any housing homeless are provided will also be destroyed.
@tomjones2202
@tomjones2202 Жыл бұрын
By the beginning of December 2021 Seattle had had 1,100 encampment fires and still had the month yet to go! Not to mention the other real home fires they had to deal with. It was THE most UNsafe place I have ever lived. And no, I don't live there anymore.
@mikethebike2456
@mikethebike2456 Жыл бұрын
🏍️ What will black people not destroy or steal ?
@tomjones2202
@tomjones2202 Жыл бұрын
@AnIdiotMakesThings And I see as your name says, your an IDOIT! lol Wanna try again,, or are you out begging yet again LOL It's been 4 days and no comment?? YEP you're an idiot just as your stupid name says LOL
@missmarya747
@missmarya747 Жыл бұрын
Very true. I see it in the neighborhood I live in.
@fionah3433
@fionah3433 Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely true. A different motel from the one referenced in my long winded post above, opened their doors to the homeless to help get them off the streets during COVID. They repaid the owners by rampant drug use and trashing the place. I will say that some of our tenants were very neat and orderly. Those people followed the rules and were respectful but they were few and far between. You could always tell the people on meth, the place would be wrecked within 24 hours. We got a little tired of cleaning up after them!
@dhumar
@dhumar Жыл бұрын
I lived in downtown Portland for a few years and did apartment maintenance for 5 buildings and I'll tell you first hand that the homeless will take a dump wherever they want to. Stairways, trash enclosures, sidewalks ect. I'm sorry they are homeless but they are some of the most disrespectful people around.
@nikkoBcool
@nikkoBcool Жыл бұрын
Don't be sorry
@blob5907
@blob5907 Жыл бұрын
Id take a dump right next to you and im not homeless
@ttrev007
@ttrev007 Жыл бұрын
what do you expect them to do? if you don't have a place to shit then you have no choice. Its like you think people can just not shit. thats not how nature works.
@joesmith3590
@joesmith3590 Жыл бұрын
Why are you sorry they have job opportunity all over. The only people you should feel sorry for is the one that work and live a good life and have to deal with the losers.
@bloodlove93
@bloodlove93 Жыл бұрын
id debate the word "want" there,i highly doubt much if any actually desire to do so, but as is both stated and completely reasonable to assume regardless, they go where they can when they can, maybe they don't have time to walk downstairs, or maybe on the street they'd get caught and in legal trouble, im not saying they're kind or anything for doing it,but i don't attribute it to malice, life forces unfortunate choices on us occasionally, we don't all always have the luxury to slowly sort it out. be thankful you're privileged enough that it sounds like you can't quite clearly understand the subtleties of the situation.
@jeffjarvis222
@jeffjarvis222 Жыл бұрын
Whatever happened to...self reliance, personal responsibility, dedication, hard work, clean streets, safe neighborhoods?
@joet7136
@joet7136 Жыл бұрын
Democrats said 'Don't worry! You don't have to be responsible or sensible! We got you! Go buy houses you can't afford! Go take out student loans you have no intention of paying back! We got your back.'
@patbluetree4636
@patbluetree4636 Жыл бұрын
Progressive policies. Poison to society.
@johndunkle472
@johndunkle472 Жыл бұрын
that is being taught as a bad thing in tax funded schools
@les0101s
@les0101s Жыл бұрын
Drugs happened.
@w.s8676
@w.s8676 Жыл бұрын
What happened? Progressive Democrats happened
@IamtheFerryMan
@IamtheFerryMan Жыл бұрын
People constantly say housing costs too much as the source of the homeless. Then I see dudes like Nathan who are obviously elbow deep in a three day meth bender.and I know deep down in my heart that it's drugs keeping these people on the streets
@theHAL9000
@theHAL9000 Жыл бұрын
People can be compassionate and generous but the thinking that homeowners with mortgages to pay, property taxes and all the other costs involved, plus the requirements of city codes and laws that must be complied with ... have to suddenly accept potties out in the street and people camping with tents in the neighborhood and community parks ... is insane.
@vulturewaterbug
@vulturewaterbug Жыл бұрын
They wanted socialism, now they have it.
@mattalley4330
@mattalley4330 Жыл бұрын
Well, its either that or seeing piles of shit laying here and there. I know which one I would prefer to see...
@wf2197
@wf2197 Жыл бұрын
Houseless people aren’t camped in numbers around wealthy home owners paying mortgages. Houseless people live around renters in low income neighborhoods mostly. Why is that? Comment section is full of a bunch of capitalist whiners upset their bottom line is impacted by the houseless rather than showing some compassion to fellow humans. Our SOCIETY created houseless people, the houseless people themselves didn’t want it. Who would want to live in the elements, addicted to drugs, fearful of being robbed or assaulted at any moment? Everyone wants to blame the individual, never taking responsibility for the society that created the situation. Maybe we should try something different than what got us here…
@theHAL9000
@theHAL9000 Жыл бұрын
@@wf2197 "capitalist whiners" ... seriously ...
@wurstbrot1772
@wurstbrot1772 Жыл бұрын
@@wf2197 Intresstingly, the more republican a city gets, the less problems of that kind seem to appear,,,,
@jaysteven8135
@jaysteven8135 Жыл бұрын
The only solution is to arrest the homeless for camping and doing drugs on the sidewalk
@PD-yd3fr
@PD-yd3fr Жыл бұрын
Lax drug laws fuel the problem
@theodoresmith5272
@theodoresmith5272 Жыл бұрын
That requires jails. Jails cost money and it can't be stolen like in a community redevelopment group with people making 200,000 a year and stealing the rest of the budget.
@forgottenman8629
@forgottenman8629 Жыл бұрын
@@theodoresmith5272 once upon a time, and not that many years ago, Portland taxpayers bought and paid for that new jail, Portland's progressives gave it away at a fire sale...
@stevealexander3196
@stevealexander3196 Жыл бұрын
WHAT??? Holding people accountable??? You awful awful person.........
@Jackjohnjay
@Jackjohnjay Жыл бұрын
Yep! It’s a deterrent and it works! If you actually talk to criminals and addicts, they admit this. Or, just visit red cities.
@goosemckracken7973
@goosemckracken7973 Жыл бұрын
The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan.
@Acemechanicalservices
@Acemechanicalservices Жыл бұрын
That’s the whole scam. People make billions from this.
@scottjobe
@scottjobe Жыл бұрын
The planners need to get new jobs
@genxx2724
@genxx2724 Жыл бұрын
The Homeless Industrial Complex.
@BenjaminEsposti
@BenjaminEsposti Жыл бұрын
Communism will solve this, right?
@daviddooley5361
@daviddooley5361 Жыл бұрын
Porta potties getting vandalized and the city failed to see that coming. why am I not surprised.
@DaedalusDesign
@DaedalusDesign Жыл бұрын
One of them was spray painted with a "NO TOILETS!" tag. Imagine that wasn't the homeless people vandalizing it.
@Gfysimpletons
@Gfysimpletons Жыл бұрын
@@DaedalusDesign oh, I see, like when b people claim racism, when it was actually them being racist! 😂😂
@dre3951
@dre3951 Жыл бұрын
In Portland, vandalism is a basic human need that must be protected.
@jcee2259
@jcee2259 Жыл бұрын
Grandfather told me to go take off hides of critters he had me shoot dead in his livestock pastures. Saying if hung on barbed wire fencing the smarter brutes will go elsewhere and leave their stupid a promised introduction to Darwinism.
@thea.m.p.co.467
@thea.m.p.co.467 Жыл бұрын
People who say drug use is a victimless crime love to ignore the collateral damage.
@retireeslife4013
@retireeslife4013 Жыл бұрын
Almost all the people on the streets can give back even if just a little. Clean spaces, scrub graffiti, pickup trash, .They don't care and all they do is consume.
@pulaski1
@pulaski1 Жыл бұрын
Your post stopped one word short: "... drugs."
@John-ir2zf
@John-ir2zf Жыл бұрын
Right !!! Look up homeless people in Japan.... Every spot where they live is clean and cleaned by them. They keep their small area where they live tiddy, no garbage, no drugs, no violence, they aren't rude to people. And no suprise, people in Japan don't really mind the homeless people, because they aren't a drain on and danger to society !
@jyee2217
@jyee2217 Жыл бұрын
What a concept!
@practicalone2
@practicalone2 Жыл бұрын
That's essentially all humans, everywhere. Except most wastefully overspend , overbuy, throw everything in landfills. Human overpopulation and consumerism are destroying the world.
@fuzzy8593
@fuzzy8593 Жыл бұрын
Notice how the people they interviewed cannot finish their sentences, they just trail off. I do not think restrooms, or lack thereof, are the problem here.
@mikemiller659
@mikemiller659 Жыл бұрын
At what point will the left realize the experiment is a failure?
@Ryfinius
@Ryfinius Жыл бұрын
They've got a warm pipe waiting for them.
@Deontjie
@Deontjie Жыл бұрын
We demand the tax-payers supply clean toilets for us to vandalize.
@nancyfunk615
@nancyfunk615 Жыл бұрын
Restrooms are a necessity regardless of your physical/mental state
@fuzzy8593
@fuzzy8593 Жыл бұрын
@@nancyfunk615 You are not wrong. Did I say otherwise? Did you watch the entire video/investigation? Fact is, these people had access to restrooms, provided by the city. That is what this investigation was about, restrooms. What happened to them? Why was so much money put into an “experimental solution” that doesn’t really address the REAL problems? I get what you are saying and agree to a certain point, I would call them a convenience rather than necessary, if you want to argue semantics. I want these people to be okay. I want them to accomplish goals. I want them to turn their situations around and thrive. Throwing taxpayer money around, in this instance, did not work and did not address the real issues. Sorry if this is a rant, misappropriating funds is very frustrating to me. Wish you the best.
@eddiefniii
@eddiefniii Жыл бұрын
You can be homeless and still pick up the trash! It’s disgusting. Today a homeless woman walked up to me and asked me for some money for food. I told her go to the 16 churches that are all around here. They will all give you food. She said I don’t wanna do that. I said I don’t wanna give you any money then either. She walked away.
@cvn6555
@cvn6555 Жыл бұрын
Yep. These are not good neighbors that are down on their luck, as some would have us believe. These are addicts that have zero intention of getting clean and contributing to society.
@mei6044
@mei6044 Жыл бұрын
Oh, this really happens!
@AceFurley
@AceFurley Жыл бұрын
I've come to the conclusion that there is a secret contest between the homeless: the person who surrounds their tent with the most garbage wins the grand prize - getting 1st dibs on a freshly opened dumpster!!! (WoooHoooo....! I always wanted a broken 1980's fridge with no door. And the 57 unwashed milk jugs are just the icing on the cake! YAAYYY, I WIN!!!)
@cliffhammer7953
@cliffhammer7953 Жыл бұрын
Hmm... Notice that "she asked for 'money' not for 'food.'
@sew_gal7340
@sew_gal7340 Жыл бұрын
When i lived in CA the bums would yell at you if you gave them too little, i gave a lady 2 dollars on teh side of the road and she threw it at me screaming about how i could do better...it was all the cash i had, i was so pissed. i never gave a homeless person money again after that
@shinrapresident7010
@shinrapresident7010 Жыл бұрын
For 30 years I've watched cities tackle the homeless problem and for 30 years we have never had any positive results. Not a single city, charity group or politician who's tackled homeless has ever come out with positive results. In every single case the homeless have become worse. I've stopped caring or having any sympathy or empathy for this. They destroy everything they touch. 30 years of not just no positive results, but 30 years and it's gotten worse. Billions of dollars spent on their behalf and nothing to show for it but even worse problems. Caused by them. Enough.
@codymoe4986
@codymoe4986 Жыл бұрын
Billions spent? Like how many billions? Is it equal to the $750 billion this nation spends to fight it's wars, every year? I wonder if our nation could possibly solve some of our domestic problems by borrowing from that giant, camouflaged piggy bank? P.S. Care to source that billions claim? Who is spending billions on the homeless? Where's that cash coming from? Etc...
@gyandevi3361
@gyandevi3361 Жыл бұрын
@Air Supremacy That is also the sad truth in Vermont. Some non profits are nothing more than fundraising groups and deliver little if anything to those their mission statement is supposed to serve.
@gyandevi3361
@gyandevi3361 Жыл бұрын
@Air Supremacy It is the norm, you're right. Having you show up for meetings means they get to "count" you as an in-person meeting and delivering "services." Let's remember, you tick a lot of boxes for them on the "client" list (homeless, low income, disabled, woman, BIPOC, vet...). Those meetings serve only to help the nonprofit get funding from gov and donors Not to help you. They are nothing more than a fundraising org investing in their staff, retreats and training so they can deliver miniature toiletries to clients.
@whohotmail188
@whohotmail188 Жыл бұрын
@@codymoe4986 don't worry about billions. How about asking yourself if you spent any to help? If not, STFU. It's morons like you with bleeding hearts and no clue how to fix this issue. Stupid liberal morons are retarded as fuck.. keep voting blue, dumb shit!
@gyandevi3361
@gyandevi3361 Жыл бұрын
@Air Supremacy How can regular people get a copy of their taxes or financial disclosures of the organization? Is it in their Annual Reports? "Non Profits" should have to be transparent and disclose how the money is spent.
@GR-cf4qh
@GR-cf4qh Жыл бұрын
There used to be a porta-potty at one of our company facilities that we kept in conjunction with two other companies. We ultimately had to take it out. The homeless would camp inside it. We would find them locked inside it, or a nest of old clothes and blankets laid all over the floor. Needles were everywhere. The urinal inside would be full of cigarette butts. Shopping carts would be abandoned nearby, etc...
@sitcomchristian6886
@sitcomchristian6886 Жыл бұрын
My dad used to sleep in a porta-potty when he was homeless. He weighed 130 lbs and was on drugs. He says his teeth were black. He got sober and has owned a business for almost 30 years now. Those are the cliff notes, at least lol
@SongOfSongsOneTwelve
@SongOfSongsOneTwelve Жыл бұрын
Sad.
@AbcAbc-sp1od
@AbcAbc-sp1od Жыл бұрын
​@@sitcomchristian6886 What was it that finally got him to leave the streets?
@seventhdayissabbath8747
@seventhdayissabbath8747 Жыл бұрын
Did he say that it cost $75,000 per month to maintain 130 porta potties? That is $5769 per month per toilet. It will never matter how much money is put on the table to fix the problem. Homelessness is putting money is someone's pocket and not going towards the problem, must be why nothing ever gets done..
@George-vf7ss
@George-vf7ss Жыл бұрын
That's 576.00
@tomdehen
@tomdehen Жыл бұрын
@@George-vf7ss Correct. It still seems like a lot of money.
@chemcorps272
@chemcorps272 Жыл бұрын
It's the homeless industrial complex
@Kyle-sr6jm
@Kyle-sr6jm Жыл бұрын
Math...not your forte, eh?
@JoeOvercoat
@JoeOvercoat Жыл бұрын
@@tomdehen One vandalized portapotty and you’re in the red.
@joeynice123
@joeynice123 Жыл бұрын
Portland looks for new answers from the same old leaders. Good luck yall
@reubensandwich9249
@reubensandwich9249 Жыл бұрын
Create problems or not fix problems, then campaign about fixing said problems. It works.
@joannmahoney9320
@joannmahoney9320 Жыл бұрын
nice ,i have to use that
@Vildayyan2003
@Vildayyan2003 Жыл бұрын
Forget the homeless! You'll never have enough of other people's money to take care of the homeless.
@annabellelee4535
@annabellelee4535 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, every time they raise taxes "to help the homeless" , they create more homeless people.
@jvh22a
@jvh22a Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Free stuff and money will never help. They will just freeload off others.
@annabellelee4535
@annabellelee4535 Жыл бұрын
@Armament Armed Arm California Mansion tax 2022, Homeless Hiring Tax Credit, LA county's .25 sales tax hike, LA 1.2 billion dollar bonds in 2016, CA prop 2 2018, San Fran Homelessness Gross Receipts Tax 2019, LA cty Measure 8 2016, Berkley measure P property transfer tax 2018, just to name a few. Billions are raised for the homeless and never gets anyone off the streets. Just like the roads never get fixed even though we have a billion in tax dollars every year for road repair.
@benben6054
@benben6054 Жыл бұрын
@armamentarmedarm1699are you dumb did the money used fall from the sky
@nicholasthompson7690
@nicholasthompson7690 Жыл бұрын
They are human beings. Where's your empathy?
@Gransterman
@Gransterman Жыл бұрын
I worked for Amazon delivering in downtown Portland, every single portapotty was absolutely full of trash, shit smeared everywhere, utterly revolting
@dondee5439
@dondee5439 Жыл бұрын
Dayton Ohio is now doing something like this. I guess city governments don’t talk to each other. Not learning from others failures guarantees even more failures. When you subsidize a behavior (vagrants) you get more of that behavior not less.
@missmarya747
@missmarya747 Жыл бұрын
So true , our government/states/cities are perpetrating and perpetuating that mentality/behavior etc……
@brob-zy8zi
@brob-zy8zi Жыл бұрын
I know a guy that cleaned up his life after over a decade of crack addiction. He tells me constantly that it isn't about the drugs... It's about the person using them and that's precisely why so many fail. He says it's about recognizing that you are a selfish baby and a scum bag and getting on the road to fixing that. That's his words, not mine. He has been a sponsor for a lot of people and he said if they mess up more than once he basically drops them and tells them they are overgrown selfish, weak little babies like he used to be and until they want to change who they are, and stop that "hustler" attitude, to get out of his face with their whining. Again, his words, not mine. With that in mind, you will never change this unless those folks want to change themselves.
@reubensandwich9249
@reubensandwich9249 Жыл бұрын
Humans, dogs, and liquids have something in common, the move in the path of least resistance.
@natashalands2144
@natashalands2144 Жыл бұрын
This is a lie and this is not crack this is fentanyl if you ever got addicted you would be a whiney selfish baby withdrawing in a corner wishing for death or dying as a shock to your system. These drugs physically latch onto your body why do you think people who have money go into self induced comas to get clean. The reason there is no fix to this is because there is no taper off programs. Go look at other countries and their solutions you selfish scum bag lol
@helloitsme9808
@helloitsme9808 Жыл бұрын
I agree with your friend. It's stunted growth...doesn't matter what caused it.
@ashleyconnor8891
@ashleyconnor8891 Жыл бұрын
Wish i could upvote this 1000 times. Personal responsibility!
@paul-u2y9y
@paul-u2y9y Жыл бұрын
i thought addiction wasn,t a question of morals.
@deedeem8485
@deedeem8485 Жыл бұрын
They were put out for the public and all the homeless. The homeless didn't respect them and destroyed them. Too expensive to replace. They created their own mess
@asianpower3000
@asianpower3000 Жыл бұрын
The biggest issue is that normal people have to choose between being kind and humane and living in a safe and clean environment. People want to help but those toilets are a big "set up camp here" sign.
@valerielhw
@valerielhw Жыл бұрын
The homeless are going to "camp there" regardless. It is much more sanitary for them and the housed folks living nearby to provide restroom facilities.
@sweetbeard
@sweetbeard Жыл бұрын
@@valerielhw Or not like every other city without a zombie infestation
@willywonka69xx
@willywonka69xx Жыл бұрын
​@@valerielhw No they should not have to choose...why should people be held hostage...the houseless can just be pushed off!
@nathanlong4801
@nathanlong4801 Жыл бұрын
I actually don’t want to help them at all. Follow the lead of the family and friends that already abandoned them. There are good reasons they did that, you know?
@valerielhw
@valerielhw Жыл бұрын
@@nathanlong4801 People become homeless for all kinds of reasons. Mental health and addiction issues that need _treatment,_ not ridicule. Some are also homeless owing to PHYSICAL health issues and medical debts. And some homeless people actually work full-time, but aren't paid a living wage. As for families, many were brought up in abusive households, and/or they were disowned for petty reasons by really bad parents. You are in no position to judge. If people such as you want to deny them even toilets, I hope they LITERALLY choose to crap in your yard, instead.
@Ghanashyama
@Ghanashyama Жыл бұрын
Yes, even the homeless deserve dignity. It's sad that there are a portion of homeless who destroy and vandalize these toilets thus ruining it for everyone else.
@mr.wonderful2195
@mr.wonderful2195 Жыл бұрын
Portland is such a beautiful city, I just love what you've done with the place Ted.
@NazriB
@NazriB Жыл бұрын
Lies again? Potty Training
@jcee2259
@jcee2259 Жыл бұрын
I know a successful Green Business owner with a full-time crew who purchased a house and is seeking a build lot for his fleet. Due to the first job found on arrival to Portland. Titled: Crawl Space Monkey. Dirty but paid well, got a license, and lives large.
@ronfeldman4386
@ronfeldman4386 Жыл бұрын
Portland Oregon is the modern day groundhog day. Wherever you are in the world you can see how bad Portland Oregon is. Crazy how a large City in the United States can turn into a third world situation.
@doverbeachcomber
@doverbeachcomber Жыл бұрын
Yes, it’s surprising what destruction can be achieved by simply embracing bad ideas for a few decades, as Portland has.
@floxy20
@floxy20 Жыл бұрын
Turd World. Haha. Sorry.
@justaminute3111
@justaminute3111 Жыл бұрын
Ain’t nobody learning’ that lesson.
@pburgvenom
@pburgvenom Жыл бұрын
It did not turn that way, Stupid politicians created this crap
@AZCobraman
@AZCobraman Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ahh Portland, you never fail to fail.
@markbouldin6513
@markbouldin6513 Жыл бұрын
If I only had "wit" like that.... That's a good one and you got to know some Jack leg gonna plagiarize it.....
@AZCobraman
@AZCobraman Жыл бұрын
I stole it from some guy named Stills...
@markbouldin6513
@markbouldin6513 Жыл бұрын
@@AZCobraman Haha. You know you could easily replace Portland with US Guberment and cover the whole gambit......
@AZCobraman
@AZCobraman Жыл бұрын
We're certainly heading that way...if not already there.
@markbouldin6513
@markbouldin6513 Жыл бұрын
@@AZCobraman Yes Sir, We're on the same page..... I'm 61 and decade's ago I would have never thought I would be this cynical.... I believe our parent's and grandparents having lived through the depression and war's sacrificed and labored hard to secure the next generation's...... And what We're seeing is a crying shame..... Puzzling maybe?.... Or possibly conflicting, I've told friend's for decade's that I am amazed thing's work as well as they do..... At least in my life they do, never wanted for anything within reason, went hungry for a day nor was without shelter and sometime's envy folk's that have nothing with material excess like a ball-n-chain.... And God's like really?..... And God's like ok "that's easy"..... And I try to not take thing's for granted and I do want future generations to be free and secure and I'm sure I pride myself in that as I have no offspring and the ghetto side of me want's to say f---it, who cares and that's the point I think God for my Christian raising and didn't mean to get off on a diatribe.... Diatribe, big word for a countryboy...... I went to your channel and quite impressive...... I don't know jack about music and suppose I'm 50/50 country and rock..... And I do believe I could write and especially on the country side and always adding verses and lamenting they could have done so much more with some song's...... But I imagine if it were easy everybody-would-do-it..... Your guitar's remind me of an older friend when we worked in the steel mill, my friend said he saw the Monkey's at Greensboro Coliseum NC and Jimi Hendrix opened for them, he seemed pretty straight up, I guess it's true.....
@sorbabaric1
@sorbabaric1 Жыл бұрын
Why do these naive Portlanders think people who can’t be bothered to take care of themselves, will bother to take care of free stuff they’re given.
@AJ-qn6gd
@AJ-qn6gd Жыл бұрын
As Margaret Thatcher famously said, Sell a man a desert and he will turn it into a garden, give a man a garden and he will turn it into a desert. 🤔👍🏻🇬🇧
@Ryfinius
@Ryfinius Жыл бұрын
I'm sure dignity is their number 1 concern.
@johnmayerislovee
@johnmayerislovee Жыл бұрын
The homeless man with all his construction equipment and his construction skills demonstrated to me that he is capable of doing basic construction work. Call me a jerk but the Portland community can really help this man by "encouraging" him off drugs and "encouraging" him to work which will allow him to get off the streets.
@missmarya747
@missmarya747 Жыл бұрын
They can but he’s got to want it for himself. The old adage : you can lead a horse 🐎 to water 💦 , but you can’t make him drink. Same is true for all of life.
@johnmayerislovee
@johnmayerislovee Жыл бұрын
@@missmarya747 Yes your correct, but enabling a drug user to stay on drugs and allowing a person who refuses to work by giving in to his needs does more bad than good.
@kabnoot
@kabnoot Жыл бұрын
You can hold the horse in a box until its off drugs then tell him if he gets back on drugs he will just go back in the box. That never worked though so what do I know.
@johnmayerislovee
@johnmayerislovee Жыл бұрын
@@kabnoot not sure of your point but thanks anyways
@kota3233
@kota3233 Жыл бұрын
You can't help those who don't want to be helped.
@RyanRuark
@RyanRuark Жыл бұрын
If Nathan can build his own toilet, maybe he should get off the drugs and get a job as a carpenter?
@r8chlletters
@r8chlletters Жыл бұрын
But then he’d have to use a clock to know what time to get to work, actually show up, do work and be sober enough not to chop his hands off…
@wednesdaysugarlesbiandog6475
@wednesdaysugarlesbiandog6475 Жыл бұрын
Nathan also has a van he sleeps in. Perhaps drugs had nothing to do with his current situation. Perhaps you shouldn’t assume you know someone’s story based on limited information and your your own narrow understanding of the world around you. Furthermore, why would he need to get off drugs to get a job in construction? You clearly haven’t spent much time on a construction site, because construction workers tend to do a lot of drugs…….,,,,and not to spin your head completely around but some professionals such as business owners, attorneys and yea even doctors sometimes do drugs!😱 Okay, you can return your head up your ass from whence it came!
@NoamTheGOAT50
@NoamTheGOAT50 Жыл бұрын
​@@r8chllettersLMFAO! That was a great one!
@vernonsanders371
@vernonsanders371 Жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@sharonkhalsa
@sharonkhalsa Жыл бұрын
💯💯💯
@992001jeffr
@992001jeffr Жыл бұрын
Why did they choose a no bedroom, no bathroom house to live in? And why should anyone else have to pay for their bathroom? Nobody pays for my bathroom, in fact, I have to pay taxes on it every year.
@sjTHEfirst
@sjTHEfirst Жыл бұрын
And then where is Nathan going to dump the 5 gallon bucket when it is full?
@davewinch7677
@davewinch7677 Жыл бұрын
The nearest river or storm drain.
@ronbennett7885
@ronbennett7885 Жыл бұрын
Illegally dump it with no consequences while the typical homeowner will be punished for improperly sorting their recycling. For residents, the only realistic options are staying and dealing with it or selling and moving to a safer community where laws are enforced. Many places like that still exist even within very liberal leaning states.
@njmedina9848
@njmedina9848 Жыл бұрын
@@ronbennett7885 lol please sell and move, I doubt your actually from here anyways
@ronbennett7885
@ronbennett7885 Жыл бұрын
@@njmedina9848 You're correct. Would never live in a place like that even if the housing was free. Those who remain tend to be overly tolerant of such behavior which exacerbates the problem.
@njmedina9848
@njmedina9848 Жыл бұрын
@@ronbennett7885 so what’s your solution? Kill them? Lock them up? I’m just confused as to what your solution would be since you think you’re so big brained. And this is all I’ve ever known, tolerance, not judging someone for not having a roof over their head, having love (or trying to) for everyone. The fact you could watch this heartbreaking ass segment and really have that same hate in your heart is crazy to me. He’s gonna go “Go illegally dump it” right? you’re so presumptuous get out of here you heartless weirdo you have no right to look down on anyone
@screamdreamer9085
@screamdreamer9085 Жыл бұрын
As a non homeless person that does Uber in Portland, I would appreciate more places to use the bathroom
@flkayak5613
@flkayak5613 Жыл бұрын
When you choose to have no dignity in your life, and believe that a bathroom will provide it, and blame those "judgmental" people. Why is it our fault that you chose party time over work?
@aeanderson8491
@aeanderson8491 Жыл бұрын
The woman at 5:10 says she would like to retain some dignity. The truth is, all your dignity was lost when you made the decision to do meth. These people are not capable of helping themselves anymore. They need to be forcibly committed to residential drug treatment programs, but that will never happen now that all drugs are decriminalized in Oregon. That law needs to be repealed, pronto.
@Hurpdurpdipidydoo
@Hurpdurpdipidydoo Жыл бұрын
Your right I’ve been on that road I wanted badly enough not to be so I did something about it but these people have come accustomed to this way of life they would rather die than change.
@imperialmotoring3789
@imperialmotoring3789 Жыл бұрын
Portland itself IS the public toilet.
@openleft4214
@openleft4214 Жыл бұрын
Port-a-potty Portland
@Steveforisrael
@Steveforisrael Жыл бұрын
@@openleft4214. PP and P
@awdrifter3394
@awdrifter3394 Жыл бұрын
@@openleft4214 Port-erpotty-land
@Darrylizer1
@Darrylizer1 Жыл бұрын
And it NEVER flushes.
@missmarya747
@missmarya747 Жыл бұрын
I think most states are.
@dmomintz
@dmomintz Жыл бұрын
Portland is like that really horrible new-age parent that gives their spoiled kid an ice cream cone when they are naughty instead of spanking them or giving them a time-out.
@chadkline4268
@chadkline4268 Жыл бұрын
No, it's more like Satan that deceived people into it being a creature of light when it is a creature of lust+greed. USA is a population of idiots. You're all just chewing cud waiting to go to the chopping block yourselves.
@chadkline4268
@chadkline4268 Жыл бұрын
The solution is simple. 12x12ft rooms with a toilet+tub. Designed so they can be sanitized easily with jets of bleach. And an ability to get food, medicine, and medical care. The cost would be trivial. Mental institutions for the crackpots that cannot maintain a room. Prison for the violent. In a 24x144ft space, you could house 100 people in 4 stories, 200 people in 8 stories. 1200 people if made 144x144ft, which is just 2 mobile home lengths. Could've been done for a million dollars, ages ago. The problem is that people want to find a way to profit off homeless. They don't care about solutions.
@aone9050
@aone9050 Жыл бұрын
two invisible comments ;)
@chadkline4268
@chadkline4268 Жыл бұрын
@@aone9050 I have 2 comments here 🙂 are they being hidden? 🙁 Censorship is a regular thing for me even though I don't say bad things. Common sense will not be tolerated, only the narrative.
@bixbysnyder-00
@bixbysnyder-00 Жыл бұрын
Wel said
@Iris_Collins
@Iris_Collins Жыл бұрын
If rents weren't so outstandingly high there wouldn't be near as many homeless people.
@canadianintheend
@canadianintheend Жыл бұрын
Put showers and toilets in stores that have been shut down for the showers charge 2 dollars for the water and privacy. They can afford 2 bucks they get money every day. Add some addiction centres right by these communities and mental health also while their getting help start build housing. Put your homeless in your budget for the city of Portland.
@johnzales
@johnzales Жыл бұрын
In NW, they added a porta potty and wrapped it with wood slats, to make it a little bit more presentable. It didn't take long, to have the wood slowly removed and used as firewood in the homeless camp across the street.
@himhim3344
@himhim3344 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@tumbleweed57
@tumbleweed57 Жыл бұрын
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig. You can’t disguise a porta potty.
@RootedRisings
@RootedRisings Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@Rainingdogsandcats
@Rainingdogsandcats Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid there was parks every few miles with bathrooms and garbage removal. Then the huge throngs of immigrants came and they stopped it. The more crowded the worse it's gotten.
@sharonkhalsa
@sharonkhalsa Жыл бұрын
I feel for the homeless with the lack of bathrooms but this is a complicated situation because a lot of them in Portland have so many resources available to get them into shelters but they don’t want to because it means giving up drugs.
@michaels.starnes194
@michaels.starnes194 Жыл бұрын
That is why so many people do not care the homeless are not just homeless they are useless,and most likely always will be.
@wittle5788
@wittle5788 Жыл бұрын
Not always ,do this places, have different kinds of programs, for ppl , drug addiction don't have a one size fits all solution
@missmarya747
@missmarya747 Жыл бұрын
Exactly, its the same for my state. They prefer their drugs and alcohol over shelter.
@missmarya747
@missmarya747 Жыл бұрын
@@wittle5788 I beg to differ with you on programs for addicts there are many. Addiction didn’t just start when the pandemic came March 2020, addiction has been around since i was a child. Before my child was born who is now 38. Most dont care to get help. Most get HELP because of their addiction i seen it and see it 24/7. WHEN I asked for help the criteria for help is: in my state. A drug addict An alcoholic Being disabled Being mentally challenged Being 64-66 years of age Having children under age 18 I met none of that criteria therefore NO HELP FOR ME.
@renovatio1988
@renovatio1988 Жыл бұрын
I've spent some time in downtown for various reason. This hits it on the nail. They will not give up there fentanyl. Which is why soon the narrative will change to "whats so bad about being a junkie you bigot"?
@WindTurbineSyndrome
@WindTurbineSyndrome Жыл бұрын
Los Angeles downtown has no public toilets except target and union station. None!
@ezraathome
@ezraathome Жыл бұрын
There's a difference from being "homeless" and being a "Junkie "
@imgettinby
@imgettinby Жыл бұрын
Why didn't they ask all those people, "why do they trash them?", "why do they vandalize them?" and if they ALL want to say it isn't them, then ask them, "Why don't you protect them?". But no, let's not ask any of those questions.
@icestationzebraassociates2460
@icestationzebraassociates2460 Жыл бұрын
Turns out, when people don't have any ownership in something, they don't care about it.
@missmarya747
@missmarya747 Жыл бұрын
Ow why leave trash, 💉 needles, clothes etc… but no not those questions.
@heavenlysonshine
@heavenlysonshine Жыл бұрын
They vandalize simply because they are stinkin' m@fuckin' assholes!
@theliquidllama1
@theliquidllama1 Жыл бұрын
It looks like the consequences of their actions are catching up with them.
@justincase2291
@justincase2291 Жыл бұрын
The companies that put them out there have to take all that vandalism and destruction as a loss. They're not contracting with the city anymore. Can't blame them. Portlands attitude towards prosecuting vandals doesn't help. Gives new meaning to the Schmidt show!
@charlesamborn7
@charlesamborn7 Жыл бұрын
Actually you are wrong. The contract for the porta potties is fully covered. The city is just pulling back services to make the area less appealing as Portland being the "Giveaway" place to go.
@charlesamborn7
@charlesamborn7 Жыл бұрын
It is a subsidy of Rapid response. They even cremate dead bodies on site after dark.
@markw3598
@markw3598 Жыл бұрын
That is what insurance is for.
@rtel123
@rtel123 Жыл бұрын
The loudest protest is against having a bright red box in front of your place. Grey would have been a better choice. Who chose bright red??
@briana6181
@briana6181 Жыл бұрын
Thank goodness Portland decriminalized hard drugs, that will solve the problem.
@ManBearBullShark
@ManBearBullShark Жыл бұрын
To much money in "helping the homeless" than actually helping them. It's a hustle
@jnolette1030
@jnolette1030 Жыл бұрын
The whole city is a toilet so what's the problem?
@jeffhildreth9244
@jeffhildreth9244 Жыл бұрын
Someone needs to put a lid on it.
@daveandrade8189
@daveandrade8189 Жыл бұрын
It took less than a decade to turn this once beautiful, world-class city into the dump it is now. L.
@ronbennett7885
@ronbennett7885 Жыл бұрын
@@jeffhildreth9244 Then dump the whole thing in the bin.
@johnmeckel2319
@johnmeckel2319 Жыл бұрын
@@ronbennett7885 Along with All The Government Leadership!
@russelltate1394
@russelltate1394 Жыл бұрын
LMAO Sooooo true
@antonchigurh3794
@antonchigurh3794 Жыл бұрын
The more you “ help “ these people , the less they help themselves.
@missmarya747
@missmarya747 Жыл бұрын
There not looking for a hand up but hand outs never changing , staying the same year after year.
@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo
@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo Жыл бұрын
Because they're mentally ill. We need to bring back mental hospitals but pay the staff well and have constant supervision so they don't abuse the patients
@natashalands2144
@natashalands2144 Жыл бұрын
The help is expensive stupid bandaids you want to fix this give them all free safe supply of drugs. when they do not have to spend their welfare checks on drugs they can pay for shelter and food and get mental help. These tactics of pipes and bathrooms is a waste of money but it sure does keep non profits in business
@trader025
@trader025 Жыл бұрын
@@natashalands2144 Ya then you'll end up with run down dilapidated living stuctures, homes, apartments and just another bunch of tweakers roaming the streets high harassing taxpayers that are just trying to move about the city.
@natashalands2144
@natashalands2144 Жыл бұрын
They only help themselves the politicians and NFP they could actually solve this but why then the money faucet would stop
@sarahboardman1337
@sarahboardman1337 Жыл бұрын
The disgustingly low minimum wages that most companies now see as the pay to give, and high rents would have nothing to do with it then?? Nor the reduction or non supply of sheltered housing or hospital care for the mentally ill.
@jeawbone
@jeawbone Жыл бұрын
As a high functioning drug user. I know very well how these folks operate. Drugs, alcohol, toilets, lack of housing, etc are not the cause of homelessness. Mental illness caused by trauma (really the lack of support and skills to take on and deal with trauma are missing). Trauma itself isnt even a correlating factor, the inability to process any given amount of stress or adversity is a culture ending practice. Spend time with your children.
@natashalands2144
@natashalands2144 Жыл бұрын
wow you are literally the only person who has the actual advise an answer to this thank you
@jeawbone
@jeawbone Жыл бұрын
@@natashalands2144 just my opinion, but it is what I have learned through personal experience and researched for my own survival and positive change. The rabbit hole is deep and pointing at the edge doesn't teach us anything. It's scary looking in and scarier knowing you may never come out.
@natashalands2144
@natashalands2144 Жыл бұрын
@@jeawbone What society fails to understand is these are all people who have suffered mental, physical and sexual abuse. We tell these abused people we do not care about you go self medicate use dangerous drugs. This is not how we should be treating trauma, dehumanizing folks. I feel this can be saved with safe supply clinics. taper programs, beds without barriers (no curfews, no being clean) If folks can be given safe medical grade longer lasting opioids, no longer go without food and shelter, safe clinics with access to mental health & housing resources. First step getting these folks of dangerous mixed drugs from cartels. getting them off the daily hamster wheel of addiction. When you do not have to worry about getting sick you can spend your day getting better.
@williewonka6694
@williewonka6694 Жыл бұрын
As long as Portland rolls out the welcome mat for homeless drug addicts they will follow that trail of free stuff. I'm gonna say, if one of those things appeared in my neighborhood it would be an instant target from home owners.
@firstlast8258
@firstlast8258 Жыл бұрын
Nothing is free 🤓🖕
@bryanherman1035
@bryanherman1035 Жыл бұрын
I have a hard time having any sympathy for homeless people. It seems like most of them are homeless by choice, not circumstance. They seem to refuse to put any effort into improving their situation to a point where they are not homeless. As a person spent some time sleeping outside and couch surfing, I can say I never gave up trying to make my life better and I worked my ass off to achieve that goal.
@radolfkalis4041
@radolfkalis4041 Жыл бұрын
Mental illness and addiction are the 2 biggest components of homelessness. Unless you MAKE people get treatment, and they WANT it, it will not change.
@codymoe4986
@codymoe4986 Жыл бұрын
Because your situation is identical to theirs, and vice versa? I didn't know the rest of us were supposed to be following your lead...
@bryanherman1035
@bryanherman1035 Жыл бұрын
@@radolfkalis4041 I 100% agree that these people need help to improve their situation, but to remove their own personal responsibility for themselves from the equation isn't going to help them get to a better place. I've seen people go to jail, do a six month bid, kick their drug/alcohol addictions (by force, obviously), and the first thing they do when they get released is go get high. Which perpetuates their homelessness. So why waste time/resources on this person? If they refuse to take personal responsibility for their own well being, treatment is ineffective. My point being, most of these people are making a choice to live their lives that way, whether they know it or not, and any effort to correct their behavior is wasted because they immediately revert to their former selves as soon as they possibly can.
@bryanherman1035
@bryanherman1035 Жыл бұрын
@@codymoe4986 If you have given up hope that you can improve your situation, and refuse to take personal responsibility for your own well being, then yeah, you should be following my lead. Homelessness doesn't just happen out of nowhere. A chain of events, and your subsequent reactions to those events, is what leads to being homeless. When family troubles, relationship troubles, employment troubles, and legal troubles fell upon me (all at once) at a certain period in my life, I made the decision to use drugs/alcohol as a solution to those problems. Which it obviously isn't. But I took responsibility for that poor decision, and decided to change my life for the better by working hard and never giving up on myself. Whatever your situation is, you always have a choice. You can choose to not give up on yourself. And no one can be forced to do that. It's a decision you make, or don't make, for yourself. I refuse to believe that these people's situation is hopeless and irreversible. That's what they believe, and what perpetuates their situation. People are more willing to help when they see someone making an effort to improve themselves.
@fionah3433
@fionah3433 Жыл бұрын
There it is, right there. Thank you, Bryan.
@charleslloyd4253
@charleslloyd4253 Жыл бұрын
It is a fact that the more you do for the homeless. The more homeless people will migrate to your area. They do everything for the homeless that make them work for their income.
@daakrolb
@daakrolb Жыл бұрын
The road to this hell was paved with “good intention.” But no good deed goes unpunished- or taken for granted.
@hotttt28
@hotttt28 Жыл бұрын
Vera Katz we need you now mor than ever !
@blamokapow137
@blamokapow137 Жыл бұрын
All this won't matter anymore once people are allowed to camp unregulated. Wheeler destroyed this city and I'm glad I moved from Portland.
@notanomad9320
@notanomad9320 Жыл бұрын
I can understand nearby home owners being upset BUT the biggest frustration is people vandalizing them. What is wrong with people who have to destroy them? People who paint graffiti are just bad. We can't have nice things.
@JB-ti7bl
@JB-ti7bl Жыл бұрын
Then enforce the law. Americans have convinced themselves that "too many ppl are in prison". So, instead we now let anything go.
@mei6044
@mei6044 Жыл бұрын
Its probably the nearby home owners who are vandalizing them because they are sick of homeless people and their bathrooms right near their homes!
@notanomad9320
@notanomad9320 Жыл бұрын
@@mei6044 do you really believe that? Home owners are too busy working.
@flyoverkid55
@flyoverkid55 Жыл бұрын
As with virtually every gov't. funded housing project, those who utilize these things have nothing invested in them, therefor no reason to maintain them.
@notanomad9320
@notanomad9320 Жыл бұрын
@@flyoverkid55 great point and so true.
@PNW_Sportbike_Life
@PNW_Sportbike_Life Жыл бұрын
I love how "everyone" has to always think of some "solution" for all these drug-addled people.
@GR-cf4qh
@GR-cf4qh Жыл бұрын
We do have to come up with some solution. The alternative is just letting our cities turn into filthy and crime ridden encampments. The problem with all the "solutions" they keep coming up with is they have no accountability or consequences for criminal and antisocial behavior. At some point the solution has to include a portion that says if you fail to comply we will jail you and dispose of your belongings.
@radolfkalis4041
@radolfkalis4041 Жыл бұрын
First step has to be treating mental illness and addiction, but you cannot MAKE people take help.
@jordandowland7256
@jordandowland7256 Жыл бұрын
@@radolfkalis4041 Yes you can. They can go through treatment or go to jail.
@radolfkalis4041
@radolfkalis4041 Жыл бұрын
@@jordandowland7256 for that to happen, it needs to be part of a punishment for a criminal conviction. What I ment was, just being mentally ill or an addict is not a crime, therefore no one can make them get treatment.
@GR-cf4qh
@GR-cf4qh Жыл бұрын
@@radolfkalis4041 If someone is a danger to themselves or others, then they can be committed against their will. Sure, there has to be an adjudication process, but it's something that really needs to happen far more often than it does. Leaving mentally ill people in squalor on the streets isn't fair to them or to the communities they are camping in. As far as crime goes, you hardly even have to look for it to find dozens of petty offenses among the homeless, from possession of stolen property to littering to open drug use to weapons violations.
@billmoran3219
@billmoran3219 Жыл бұрын
Lady makes statement“ the whole homeless situation they say they are going to take care of and yet nothing gets done”... lady there are services out there for you to access and yet you don’t take them, why? Because there rules to accepting services and you don’t want to follow rules.
@randallparr680
@randallparr680 Жыл бұрын
To me, the vandalism and destruction is proof that the homeless population resents their presence and so should be removed. The people have spoken!
@DigitalNeb
@DigitalNeb Жыл бұрын
These people complaining about not having toilets when they're camping out on the street is insane. You know why there aren't any toilets out there guys? Because none of you are supposed to be living out there. The absolute lack of personal accountability on display here is astounding.
@codymoe4986
@codymoe4986 Жыл бұрын
As opposed to the complete lack of empathy for their fellow man, being put on display in these message threads? For every homeless person that could care less, there's one that absolutely despises their situation... And yet, here you are, lumping the entire lot into one convenient target...karma can be a bitch, here's hoping your luck holds out.
@wittle5788
@wittle5788 Жыл бұрын
And is there anywhere for them to go ?
@PlayinWithGhosts
@PlayinWithGhosts Жыл бұрын
Sounds callous, but personal accountability is the first thing that comes to my mind with being present around all this mayhem for the past four years of living here. You can blame it on x, but at the end of the day, most of all life choices are just that, choices. I know it's a nuanced thing as every single person has a different story with variables that inevitably lead to wildly swinging outcomes, but we really need to have that tough conversation. I'm opposed to making poverty a crime, but at the bare minimum, the coddling needs to stop and maybe, just maybe, the pendulum can swing in a better direction.
@bruceshadley5967
@bruceshadley5967 Жыл бұрын
Personal accountability is callous?!!! 🤦🤷
@barkmaker
@barkmaker Жыл бұрын
Imagine being one step below a cat.
@akuma862005
@akuma862005 Жыл бұрын
The lack of empathy by neighbors in the comments are really upsetting. This is a complicated issue, but all humans deserve shelter, safety and food. As someone who just spent the last 5 years working to house and stabilize homeless vets I can tell you the number one reason people are homeless is because they can't afford to live in their own neighborhood. Housing prices have skyrocketed in the last 10 years yet few want to talk about that as a cause. Yes some are dealing with addiction and mental health issues, and those are exacerbated by being homeless. If you want to see concrete solutions look at what Finland has done. We can absolutely do the same here in the US.
@MomMom4Cubs
@MomMom4Cubs Жыл бұрын
We were homeless last summer. We spent not one second unsheltered. The rules of the hotel we got placed at were ridiculously easy to abide by. We are no longer there, as we got placed in a beautiful apartment in a not great area of our city. IT IS 100% A CHOICE TO BE UNSHELTERED! Choices have consequences, no?
@codymoe4986
@codymoe4986 Жыл бұрын
Since you admit you were homeless last summer, I was just wondering, why did you CHOOSE to do so? Were you bored? Looking for some adventure? Trying to shame the neighborhood bum into doing better for themself?
@MomMom4Cubs
@MomMom4Cubs Жыл бұрын
@@codymoe4986 We didn't choose to lose our longtime home because the person that bought it had no interest at all in being a landlord (totally his right), however I have never in my life been unsheltered. It took 4 months to find an apartment in our price range. Our family spent the summer in a Motel 6, with a fitness room, pool, and occasional functions for the kids. We now have a beautiful apartment that I would happily pay double for (considering utilities are included, as are the top 2 floors of the building). What is up your ass? I guess you sacrifice reading comprehension on your high horse. Here's your 🍪. Go away.
@msmith3395
@msmith3395 Жыл бұрын
@@codymoe4986 homeless, not unsheltered. No one is complaining about people being homeless, but rather choosing to live in the streets versus taking advantage of available services. Drugs and mental illness are why these people are on the streets. Quite frankly, these types are a lost cause.
@DCBChump
@DCBChump Жыл бұрын
The problem is that while you can save one broken person, you can't save all of them. There are just too many. What makes it worse is that many don't want to be saved.
@crissd8283
@crissd8283 Жыл бұрын
Yep, nearly all homeless are homeless by choice. There are lots of people that want to help but it requires getting off drugs and the homeless don't want that.
@SgtJoeSmith
@SgtJoeSmith Жыл бұрын
ive offered dozens of homeless people jobs. they are stupid, lazy, only care about smoking, cant show up before noon, want to just stand around and smoke or talk nonsense crap. they whine about everything. they ask why isnt there a machine to do this cause this sucks. well if machines did everything then only the machine makers, and business owners would have jobs.
@wittle5788
@wittle5788 Жыл бұрын
​@@crissd8283 not all feel that way ,do they different programs for them ,addiction don't have a one size fits all solution
@crissd8283
@crissd8283 Жыл бұрын
@@wittle5788 That is why I said, "nearly all".
@natashalands2144
@natashalands2144 Жыл бұрын
@@crissd8283 they dont want that ? LOL they cant go look up fentanyl withdrawal I hate this dumb argument. Your better off saying your government and non profits dont solve homeless crisis by choice they love the Homeless Industrial complex.
@ddyeo503
@ddyeo503 Жыл бұрын
This may seem cruel, but find out where each homeless person was born and give them a bus ticket back to their original home, and that way each city or state can spread the help to get these people off of the street and get a job, and work to find them help and shelter so they can return to life again. The homeless people piling up in just a few large cities is just not fair to that city. Back in the 70's and 80's you never saw anything like this in Portland except for downtown wineno's on Burnside street. We seem to just enable these people, to make life easier for them, and then more keep coming for the free handouts that are available. Remember, at one time all these people were somewhere else mostly. Because it is so much worse today in Portland,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
@1QKGLH
@1QKGLH Жыл бұрын
The people are showing up in places like Portland and many cities in California because they are doing things to make them more comfortable, promoting homelessness. Putting porta potties up, making it legal to steal from stores, handing out needles, etc. is not fixing the problem. Just because someone is born in a given city or state doesn't mean the person's issues originate there. Help is available, you have to want the help.
@EternalSoldierGaming
@EternalSoldierGaming Жыл бұрын
Not everyone can return home because they vilified themselves showing back up would be bad news for a lot of these that's why they fled to the big cities
@karlabritfeld7104
@karlabritfeld7104 Жыл бұрын
The homeless are from Oregon, most of them from Portland.
@ryanbarker5217
@ryanbarker5217 Жыл бұрын
nope. these left coast cities go around calling themselves sanctuary cities, so have at it. you got what you asked for. no backsies!
@muskepticsometimes9133
@muskepticsometimes9133 Жыл бұрын
​@@karlabritfeld7104 many from other states
@michaels.starnes194
@michaels.starnes194 Жыл бұрын
A sense of dignity, who are the ones damaging and damaging and defacing all over the porta potties. The same homeless that people are saying they are attempting to help.
@crinklecut3790
@crinklecut3790 Жыл бұрын
With all the money supposedly being spent on this issue of homelessness, there is enough to fund these toilets. This should have been the first thing that was funded- keeping sewage away from human encampments so disease doesn’t spread.
@edwardbirdsall6580
@edwardbirdsall6580 Жыл бұрын
The great depression had a number of get back to work programs. How about a take on the civilian conservation corp. As a para military work force? No combat training. They are certainly NOT soldiers. But they get room and board in exchange for public work projects. They get job training, not welfare checks.
@snowbirdoregon
@snowbirdoregon Жыл бұрын
They are all on drugs. They need to be in jail.
@barefootincactus
@barefootincactus Жыл бұрын
That is a great idea. Hope they do something like that.
@firstlast8258
@firstlast8258 Жыл бұрын
@@artfuldodger8147 not everyone can work 🤓🖕
@andrewlatourette428
@andrewlatourette428 Жыл бұрын
​@@firstlast8258 That is true, but at least it would help the ones who can work. And helping some is better than helping none.
@xaviotesharris891
@xaviotesharris891 Жыл бұрын
I do know that the one nearest my home was burnt/melted a few times, and then replaced a couple/few times, and now has not been replaced. It would be great if that made some sort of internal sense, but it doesn't.
@buttdreads
@buttdreads Жыл бұрын
Keep it up[ Portland! thank you so much!!!!! You guys are acutely helping out the rest of the country, Other states acutely buys one way bus tickets for homeless and druggies to Portland, most states are send9ing their homeless and druggies to portland and the homeless and druggies loves this decimalized drugs and all.
@codymoe4986
@codymoe4986 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of drugs, lay off of them, the next time you attempt to post to social media... Were you just reaching into a Scrabble bag and getting lucky, or what?
@spookycanuck1
@spookycanuck1 Жыл бұрын
Between mental illness and drug addiction most homeless people cant be housed until those two underlying issues are addressed. But that takes institutional treatment, and possibly lifetime institutionalization for some.
@natashalands2144
@natashalands2144 Жыл бұрын
no it does not. It takes safe supply clinics and taper programs where people can get the drugs they are using and access mental health and housing. you can do allot with your day when your not trying to feed your habit you can do allot with your welfare check too like pay for shelter and food. Sad part is this costs pennies these drugs cost barely anything.
@bcascadascrane9831
@bcascadascrane9831 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of our homeless issue has anyone done a close check on Dallas,Tx. who have reduced their problem by 50%.
@spencerpearson6250
@spencerpearson6250 Жыл бұрын
yeah, they bussed them all to California
@carly4513
@carly4513 Жыл бұрын
They bus them to Austin, because the people in Austin will tolerate any amount of crime.
@snowbirdoregon
@snowbirdoregon Жыл бұрын
If someone is camping on the street then they must leave. If they do not then they go to jail. Duh.
@suen5006
@suen5006 Жыл бұрын
Nope. People have a right to exist.
@fattymcbastard6536
@fattymcbastard6536 Жыл бұрын
So then they move to public parks, then get removed, so they move to your front lawn. Oh wait- that would be trespassing right? So where do the homeless go if it's illegal to live on public property? Jail? That's your fucking answer? You want to make poverty a crime?
@mastersr1956
@mastersr1956 Жыл бұрын
they liked them so much they destroyed almost all of them
@phyllisjeanfulton
@phyllisjeanfulton Жыл бұрын
Vandalism isn’t the houseless. Vandals are criminals robbing the houseless. Stop blaming them and start arresting vandals. Make the vandals clean toilets and pick up garbage and poop off the streets. Put out hidden video cameras to catch then. Then line up candela for street poop patrol.
@phyllisjeanfulton
@phyllisjeanfulton Жыл бұрын
Vandals.
@sweetbeard
@sweetbeard Жыл бұрын
​@@phyllisjeanfulton Homeless.. vandals.. meth heads... all the same
@sweetbeard
@sweetbeard Жыл бұрын
@@SusanaBergstrom yes
@willywonka69xx
@willywonka69xx Жыл бұрын
​@Susana Bergstrom somehow I don't think it was the local firefighter, teacher, plumber, or shopkeeper who broke them...
@thesisypheanjournal1271
@thesisypheanjournal1271 Жыл бұрын
The more you build the infrastructure to support a homeless population the bigger a homeless population you're gonna get.
@oldtimefarmboy617
@oldtimefarmboy617 Жыл бұрын
She said the porta-potties are very very very very important and yet the people who say they are very important are the same people who vandalize and damage those oh so very important portable toilets.
@zyrockdaddy7060
@zyrockdaddy7060 Жыл бұрын
They need to put a couple of those port of potties in front of Mayor Wheeler's neighborhood
@KieranMullen
@KieranMullen Жыл бұрын
Blaming everyone else for his bathroom issues other than himself. Take responsibility for your actions and move towards where the resources are being provided already.
@robertgallagher7734
@robertgallagher7734 Жыл бұрын
So lhre city put out port-a-potties for the homeless & the homeless lit the potties on fire- ok, think we may have identified a big part of the problem.
@fattymcbastard6536
@fattymcbastard6536 Жыл бұрын
You think it's the people who want them and use them that destroy them? Are you an idiot? Who's more likely to destroy a pot-a-potty? They guy that uses it every day, or the asshole that doesn't want to look at through his living room window? Or maybe it's some of those shitty entitled teenagers doing it for kicks.
@Arlo360-Official
@Arlo360-Official Жыл бұрын
The portable units were a waste of money. The city of Portland IS already your toilet.
@tassie7325
@tassie7325 Жыл бұрын
You could not pay me enough to clean those porta-loos Which makes me wonder, how many of the homeless would put up their hand to clean and empty them for a wage?
@maryhyson9783
@maryhyson9783 Жыл бұрын
Stop buying needles. Promote personal responsibility. Stop the people who profit from drugs. Provide help to solve problems.
@charlesyates6687
@charlesyates6687 Жыл бұрын
Tampa started a homeless coalitions years ago and all the money went to fancy cars $30 million mansion speed boat and expensive jewelry so they shut it down and said to hell with homeless throw them in jail .but the person who embezzled the money didn't go to jail .
@Fido-vm9zi
@Fido-vm9zi Жыл бұрын
Shameful
@GingerBeardMan79
@GingerBeardMan79 Жыл бұрын
One thing I've learned from being homeless is that some people are either incapable of running an apartment or home or just don't want the help. I joined the armed forces when I was young but when I was discharged, I had no idea about how to run a home.
@GingerBeardMan79
@GingerBeardMan79 Жыл бұрын
@galewinds Bills, board and food came out of our salary so we didn't have to worry about any of that. They taught me how to fix radios so I decided to take up soccer coaching 😅
@GingerBeardMan79
@GingerBeardMan79 Жыл бұрын
I'm 44 this year. All this was over half a life ago
@reubensandwich9249
@reubensandwich9249 Жыл бұрын
​@@GingerBeardMan79 The one thing you did learn is clean, organization, and listen to orders. If you can't run a home, get an apartment because as long as you're clean, organized, and can follow the rules, you can easily live in an apartment.
@GingerBeardMan79
@GingerBeardMan79 Жыл бұрын
@@reubensandwich9249 Yh, that's pretty much the route I went. To be fair, in the British army, we were left to work things out for ourselves in the field. "Improvise, Adapt and Overcome" That saying has gotten me through a lot
@reubensandwich9249
@reubensandwich9249 Жыл бұрын
@@GingerBeardMan79 Oh, you were British Army. I hear housing in the UK is way more difficult than here in the US so that makes a bit more sense as most homes there you can't move in until the previous owner finds a new home. Plus here in the US it's the cool thing to be a victim. Friend's apartment building had a fire in a different tenant's room so he had to move out and live with his parents for nearly 4 months until he got a new place. Now he can go around saying he was homeless for a period even though he made $125k/yr at the time.
@mikescarlett3186
@mikescarlett3186 Жыл бұрын
They stole them.
@prst99
@prst99 Жыл бұрын
If the homeless want toilets to use, they need to organize themselves and patrol and maintain these toilets. They need to defend them from vandalism, graffiti, and keep them clean and the area clean.
@david52875
@david52875 Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a job, if they were willing to work a job they wouldn't be homeless in the first place.
@dalepxp8963
@dalepxp8963 Жыл бұрын
We need to relocate all the homeless in the USA TO MEGA HOMELESS Compounds in the Nevada desert. Huge bunkhouses with restrooms inside. Powdered milk and fried egg sandwiches with vitamins in the mornings, crackers and ramen soup for lunch potato chips and bologna sandwiches at night with kool aid and vitamins. Back inside the bunkhouses dusk to 30 mins after dawn.
@nathanlong4801
@nathanlong4801 Жыл бұрын
Haha hahaha. Ahhh…I love the comment section, man.
@Ryan-rp1es
@Ryan-rp1es Жыл бұрын
@@nathanlong4801 seems like the billion dollars being spent is not working… so maybe time to shift gears.
@joet7136
@joet7136 Жыл бұрын
Screw you. Deal with your own home grown bums.
@firstlast8258
@firstlast8258 Жыл бұрын
@@Ryan-rp1es money is at the job if you are able bodied
@suen5006
@suen5006 Жыл бұрын
That's called jailing people.
@spelunkerd
@spelunkerd Жыл бұрын
These peoples' families came to the realization they were enabling and rewarding behavior they didn't want. Eventually they realized that the only solution was hard love. Kick them out so they hit bottom and hopefully rebound. Now governments are sweeping in and buying hotels and condos and offering free food for these people to congregate together and take drugs, with no commitment by them to change behavior. Government should never find itself in the business of enabling drug addiction.
@charlesamborn7
@charlesamborn7 Жыл бұрын
The truth is that Multnomah county is pulling services and passing the issue to other neighborhoods. I worked for a campsite clean up crew and was told the houseless to go where there are not active sweeps. Unfortunately, these are good neighborhoods that now have to suffer. The drug and theft problems are just going to soar. The west side seems to be immune to all of these issues. I see that the smell of the stock yards of the past still travel east.
@karlabritfeld7104
@karlabritfeld7104 Жыл бұрын
The west side has always gotten better treatment.
@jasmineescalante2794
@jasmineescalante2794 Жыл бұрын
@Dash Riprock I wonder how quick the homeless ppl would be moved out if they were in Ted Wheelers neighborhood?🧐
@williewonka6694
@williewonka6694 Жыл бұрын
Why do you suppose the west has less problems?
@Craiglife777
@Craiglife777 Жыл бұрын
Stop feeding them.
@markgreiser464
@markgreiser464 Жыл бұрын
They were no longer needed and somewhat expensive. Your Streets and Sidewalks appear to do just fine.
@andyginterblues2961
@andyginterblues2961 Жыл бұрын
The drug dealers and county officials can pool their money and install a bunch of "pay" port-a-potties, to add to the profits that they are already making off of the homeless.
@defenstrator4660
@defenstrator4660 Жыл бұрын
The question at this point is how long until the taxpayers supporting the city decide they will no longer tolerate their inability to live in the city they pay for, and decide to simply ostracize those who are not part of supporting it.
@MB-xe8bb
@MB-xe8bb Жыл бұрын
Taxpayers are under the thumb of the city dictators -- council and bureaucrats, who don't care about the taxpayers.
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