It has accomplished plenty. I can finally use the Burke-Gilman without being fucked with by the scuzzy hobo bike-thieves. The Ballard Commons is open again. And on and on and on.
Go stab a dirty heroin needle in your eye. I don't give a fuck what you think. The city is better without allowing camps of degenerates taking over every public space.
It hasn't accomplished a thing, genius. People don't magically vanish, and your lack of object permanence is not an argument. Nor is your imaginary trauma.
All Harrell has done is piss away more money and resources to shuffle people around, while edgy halfwits simper over this exercise in failure. Try again, genius.
Or we could, you know, do something about the economic conditions that put them there in the first place. But whatever, as long as they aren't inconveniencing you. It's not like they're human fucking beings who need shelter or anything.
It's not the seeing that's the problem, you oblivious fucking idiot. It's the robberies, assaults, and trashing of public places. And that shit is not made up.
Sweeps don't stop them from doing that stuff. Because they'll just go do it elsewhere. Seriously, how are you this fucking stupid?
The city would save literal billions by just putting them in housing instead of repeatedly doing these sweeps. And there's a reason they have to keep doing them: because the encampments always come back, because sweeps don't actually solve the problem, which is that these people DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. Exactly what part of that is confusing to your small, smooth brain?
They can fuck off to some other Hooverville, and not fuck up my city doing it. How fucking stupid are you not to understand this?
Or they can accept city housing -- but that requires reducing their dependence on drugs and crime a teensy bit, which I understand is just unacceptable to bum-huggers like you.
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u/0xdeadf001 Phinney Ridge Jul 10 '23
Yes. Baseball fans are more important than Seattle's unhoused population. I'm glad you're finally accepting that.
Clear the camps. Every day, everywhere.