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Originally Posted by Ronin

I can't stand these jackass protesters. Most of them aren't even poor folks that the money would go towards. They're assholes that live off the system.

And they're the people who are getting all the attention. Negative attention. Not helping matters.

Originally Posted by Rich Sandor

I grew up downtown. My perception is not skewed, it is first hand.

Interesting. Which neighbourhood?

People live there because it is a trap that sucks you in and you can't get out.

Countless people have made it out. Most of the people who ended up there had little to no choice. Remember, I'm not talking about the crackheads and junkies. I don't know how many times I have to say that. Those people need to be dealt with some other way. They have an addiction. I'm talking about the people who live in poverty. I thought I explained this all in another thread. There are families who live there because the rooming houses are the only places they can afford to live in.

Throwing funding at this community does not help because it does not help them get OUT of the community.

It can, if it is put in the right places. Housing drug addicts is a waste of money. They need to be shipped to detox centres far, far away from the DTES or any urban area. BTW, the DTES is pretty much staurated and there are places far worse than the DTES. Surrey, Abbotsford, Chiliwack, just to name a few.

They need to get the fuck out of there and start fresh AWAY from the poverty with a community that does not approve of panhandling and sleeping on the sidewalk. They need mental institutions for people who are mentally ill, and they need affordable housing AWAY from the poverty of the DTES, where people can hold their head high and start to regain some self respect.

I also think it is absolutely ludicrous to build 'affordable housing' in the most expensive real estate in vancouver.

And so.................... this takes............... funding.




Good ideas you have there. Honestly, the government needs to shake their heads and get their shit together. You're one of the very few here who is actually thinking about ways to solve the issue rather than mock the people who are in this situation.