Thats what the city doesn’t grasp about this. Maybe ten-percent of the homeless guys/gals could use a hand up, and regroup....going back to work. In that case, I’d support the city making an effort.
The other 90-percent? Zero interest, mental issues, or too lazy. In this case....I’d pack them up....ship them off 100 miles to the east into some rural community and force them to stay there.
Why ruin the rural areas too?
“I’d pack them up....ship them off 100 miles to the east into some rural community and force them to stay there.”
What have you got against us rural people?
The first are those who are homeless because of personal circumstance. This would include people who lost their job, health care costs, and drug use etc. Sometimes it was just bad luck or bad personal choices.
These people can be helped if the right help is provided.
The second group is the mentally ill. Some may be able to helped is properly diagnosed and given the right treatment.
It's likely many can't be helped because they're beyond treatment and can never see their problem and learn to help themselves. The only solution would be institutionalization.
The third group, the one no one talks about, are the people who want to be homeless because they don't want to be a part of society.
It's their choice but we don't have to let them ruin our neighborhoods.
That will take decisive action of laws to keep them under control.
No way. we in Eastern Washington don't want them. We will block the bridges crossing the Colombia River.
Maybe rural areas in Washington are willing to support people who contribute nothing to society-and have them climbing over fences, trespassing on private acreage, going into homes and stealing stuff-even stealing chickens, and veggies from gardens-hanging out in the woods trashing everything-and causing wildfires with their unattended campfires. That happened a few years ago and 100’s of acres of pasture and woods went up in smoke, as well as two homes. Since then, vagrants/homeless people who come out here and don’t want to do ranch work, cleaning, etc do not get handouts-they are told to move on and arrested if they trespass-leeches are not welcome in this rural area...
100 miles to the West should work as well! :-)
So you’d dump the losers on the conservative communities to the East and Force them to stay there. Hmmmmm
100 miles East lies Ellensburg. I went to college there. It’s a Republican cow town, rodeo and all.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellensburg,_Washington