That's the thing, no one knows. They just sent a notice saying a homeless shelter is being made. Nothing else. No information as to where exactly on the street it will be (it said a road name).
Hello everyone,
I found this website through a friend of mine. I am worried about the construction of a homeless shelter in my neighborhood. I am preparing emails to local congress officials and other political people and I would like to know if anyone else has experienced these situations before and know of anything good to send to the town officials. Would anyone here support the construction of such a center in their neighborhoods, where children and schools are nearby? The one near me is being put up in a residential area, on a residential street. Property values will go down, sex offenders will become prevalent, there are 2 schools within a short radius of each other in the area, mental retards will be there.
I know the liberals will be coming in here calling me some sort of right wing nut job for this, but the truth is, if it were happening in your area, you would be upset too. There are children, think about the children, then say if you support it or not.
I just spoke to a friend, and he confirmed the location with me because he saw inspectors going there, and the town councilman gave him information on it. The location is going to back right up into a middle school, and there are elementary bus stops along the way also.
We don't know the backgrounds of the people who go in here. I live in a very wealthy area, and to say the least, I don't see homeless people around. Why does it need to go up in a residential area right next to a school and on elementary bus routes?
I just spoke to a friend, and he confirmed the location with me because he saw inspectors going there, and the town councilman gave him information on it. The location is going to back right up into a middle school, and there are elementary bus stops along the way also.
Hello everyone,
I found this website through a friend of mine. I am worried about the construction of a homeless shelter in my neighborhood. I am preparing emails to local congress officials and other political people and I would like to know if anyone else has experienced these situations before and know of anything good to send to the town officials. Would anyone here support the construction of such a center in their neighborhoods, where children and schools are nearby? The one near me is being put up in a residential area, on a residential street. Property values will go down, sex offenders will become prevalent, there are 2 schools within a short radius of each other in the area, mental retards will be there.
I know the liberals will be coming in here calling me some sort of right wing nut job for this, but the truth is, if it were happening in your area, you would be upset too. There are children, think about the children, then say if you support it or not.
I just spoke to a friend, and he confirmed the location with me because he saw inspectors going there, and the town councilman gave him information on it. The location is going to back right up into a middle school, and there are elementary bus stops along the way also.
We don't know the backgrounds of the people who go in here. I live in a very wealthy area, and to say the least, I don't see homeless people around. Why does it need to go up in a residential area right next to a school and on elementary bus routes?
I seriously doubt that most liberals would think you're a right wing nut job for this.
Rather, I think most liberals would want to ask why the majority of conservatives don't want to pay taxes to provide low-income housing for the homeless.
Or why the majority of conservatives don't want to pay taxes to fund a nationalized mental health care plan so all American citizens with mental illness can get the treatment they need instead of being cast out on the street and surviving in a homeless shelter because their mental illness prevents them from holding down a job.
Or why the majority of conservatives allow landlords to discriminate against felons who have served their time in prison and won't allow them to rent a house because of their background, which means they can't get a steady job, which means they have to resort back to crime in order to make a living.
Liberals don't think conservatives are nutjobs for being concerned that troubled people may move into a nice neighborhood. Liberals think conservatives are nutjobs for not allowing the government to give troubled people the help they need so that 1) they won't be a danger in your neighborhood or 2) they can be taken some place, such as a mental hospital, where they can be supervised so they won't cause any accidental harm because of the mental disorders they are afflicted with, which they also cannot help.
I really don't see how the OP's stance is at all objectionable. I understand that things like homeless shelters, methadone clinics, prisons, graveyards, dumps and sewage treatment plants are all necessary parts of a city. That doesn't mean I'm wrong to object to their placement near my home. Whether or not individual homeless people are more prone to committing crimes is irrelevant - the fact is that the location of a shelter near a home will lower property values and create an atmosphere than many would find uncomfortable.
true. that's what zoning laws are for. you can't build a hotel in a residential neighborhood, why should you be able to build a homeless shelter? from my experience, most of the people in these shelters are not criminals. The people who run the shelters are not stupid, they are not going to allow criminals, drug users, etc into the shelters.
Every winter in my area there is a news story about at least one homeless dude they found frozen to death under a bridge somewhere. when the details come out, 99% of the time the guys was turned away from a shelter because he refused to stop drinking or doing drugs. Sad state when you will chose a high over your life.
This illustrates why we need to go beyond just providing a place to sleep to people in this situation. Addiction can be incredibly powerful, to the point where people will literally place their own lives in mortal danger to get another high. These people need help and treatment, not a bunk to stay the night in and a boot out the door the next morning.
Edit: Of course, people have to reach the point where they will accept help first, and usually that comes after they hit absolute rock-bottom. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't survive long enough to be ready to get help.
Most conservatives believe the answer lies in charitable organizations. Thats why they give much more to help the poor than liberals.
-- Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227).
-- Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.
-- Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that voted for George Bush.
-- Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was above average.
-- In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.
-- People who reject the idea that "government has a responsibility to reduce income inequality" give an average of four times more than people who accept that proposition.
RealClearPolitics - Articles - Conservatives More Liberal Givers
Conservative Voters Are More Liberal With Charity - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Who Gives and Who Doesn't? - ABC News
Democrats prefer to give other peoples money to aid the homeless rather than their own.
No, liberals prefer that such services be provided by professionals paid by the government than leave it solely to charities who 1) may not have the training needed to deal with these issues or 2) use donations contributed to them to pay high salaries for the administrators of these charities when donations are meant to go to the cause of the charities.
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