Tallahassee suffered for a long time with a homeless shelter downtown. The crime rate was horrendous. Finally, the businesses convinced the city to move it. They moved it to a heavily student area because students don’t vote. I know two university cops and they say the predation on students by the homeless, which never used to happen, is now a daily occurrence. Wherever they are, the homeless disrupt business and civic life. Calling them “homeless” is a nice misnomer. They are mentally ill people. Like a drowning man, they attempt to use and destroy any who attempt to help them.
Our disruptive homeless were culled by drunk college students who didn’t mind slapping them around.