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Posted by Jen Graves on Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- Ouch.
Better idea!
I really want "Welcome to Seattle's Historic Homeless District," along with museum-style informational panels that talk about the neighborhood's long tradition of—and strong commitment to—concentrated, chronic homelessness.
Thank you, Paul Hughes.
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It's to execute brilliant ideas such as this that I wish I was an impossibly wealthy man. Mr. Hughes would have funding for his banner and panels in two shakes of a fortified wine bottle.
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As someone whose wife has worked for most of the last decade at a nonprofit in Seattle at getting (chronically ill) homeless people off the streets and into permanent housing, I'd like to ask Mr. Hughes what the fuck he's done to help the problem and cordially invite him to cram his snark up his ass sideways, with walnuts.
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Most of the visible "homeless" in the city nowadays is poor people with homes, thanks to people like Peter F's wife (and Greg Nickels). Is the problem that people aren't dressed well enough? Too many black people on the sidewalks? People with mental illnesses being allowed to walk on our sidewalks? What is it?
It would help if the actual homeless were allowed a place to live, like in Portland's Dignity Village. Instead, we just have the police harass the homeless unless there's a critical mass of them in a visible park or pushed around every few months in a tent city.
It would help if the actual homeless were allowed a place to live, like in Portland's Dignity Village. Instead, we just have the police harass the homeless unless there's a critical mass of them in a visible park or pushed around every few months in a tent city.
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@5 Ha! What's that wizard spell that creates a wall around p square and turns it into an escape from ny type thingy....?
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How 'bout one that says "Welcome to Pioneer Square, where Capitol Hill yuppies come to party, piss and puke in the doorways of businesses, then make snarky comments about the poor people they see there."
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HISTORICALLY, there were many kinds of housing in Pioneer Square keeping people not-homeless; SROs, flops, residence hotels. There have been stewbums and hobos there always, but they used to have places to sleep prior to urban renewal and Reagan.
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the idea is piss or get off the pot. seattles ass is glued to the seat. @6; if every one of you chronic
enablers would take a zombie fleabag into your home the problem would be solved.
Poor people shmoor people! I'd love to take a camping vacation the rest of my life. the only reason I dont is that chicks dont dig it
enablers would take a zombie fleabag into your home the problem would be solved.
Poor people shmoor people! I'd love to take a camping vacation the rest of my life. the only reason I dont is that chicks dont dig it
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Well, as the person who was asked to designed the banners, I have to say that Paul's comment is right. And those of you who are arguing against that are ignorant. It IS the place for the homeless, because it's where most of the homeless shelters are. Crammed into a few city blocks. The idea of putting them all in one place is ridiculous and poor planning, in my opinion.
This post is also about people's perceptions of Pioneer Square and why that's a problem. It only hurts our neighborhood that people think that it's for homeless and drug dealers. Although a problem, it's not all the neighborhood's made of. We need more residents willing to move down to Pioneer Square to start making any changes. Look at Belltown -- they have plenty of drug problems and homeless. No one makes fun of them (yet) because we have a long history of our problems in P2. A long history that will take a long time to change.
Thanks for the post Jen (and Paul) -- it gave me a good platform to continue discussing it on Pioneer Square's blog (http://www.thenewp2.com).
This post is also about people's perceptions of Pioneer Square and why that's a problem. It only hurts our neighborhood that people think that it's for homeless and drug dealers. Although a problem, it's not all the neighborhood's made of. We need more residents willing to move down to Pioneer Square to start making any changes. Look at Belltown -- they have plenty of drug problems and homeless. No one makes fun of them (yet) because we have a long history of our problems in P2. A long history that will take a long time to change.
Thanks for the post Jen (and Paul) -- it gave me a good platform to continue discussing it on Pioneer Square's blog (http://www.thenewp2.com).
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