Has homelessness become more of a problem since Colo legalized pot?
Personally, I don’t think it’s tied to pot. Denver has always been a popular homeless spot, go back to the 40’s and Kerouac was writing about it. We’ve been in mostly boom times since the 90’s and a hard shift leftward since the ‘oughts - both of those combined mean a rise in bums.
I’ve been working downtown the last 7 years and it’s gotten to the point I try not to if I don’t have to. Property crime is up, there’s feces and needles all over the streets and you step over bodies aggressively begging to get anywhere. I drive to my office, drive to my gym, than home to the ‘burbs.
The homeless problem this country is experiencing now is going to seem like a nothing burger compared to what the Covid-Panic is about to cause.
Is that a rhetorical question?