Homelessness: is it getting worse?
QMI zooms in on the question whether homelessness is on the rise downtown and the grim state of the Village these days.
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shawn 11:58 on 2023-02-15 Permalink
I haven’t been down in the Village in ages and I had no idea it was that bad. The couple who lived in my place before me bought a lovely top floor greystone condo on St-André (just below Place Emilie Gamelin) like 11 years ago and were appalled by the crime, etc. But now it seems off the charts. Scary.
I think someone’s already written about this but I think the decline in homophobia and full inclusion of LGBTQ2+ people has meant that there’s less of a need for a “gay” neighbourhood – and that lack of ghettoization had led to an exodus of people and commerce?
Again, I THINK I read that…
walkerp 12:31 on 2023-02-15 Permalink
Just check your sources (Quebecor) and be skeptical about these kinds of reports. The issues are real, but the conservative media exaggerates them to push their political agendas. According to many media reports, San Francisco is a lawless, extremist-woke hellscape. Well I just spent several days there walking all over the city and yes there is some bad homelessness but it’s still mostly pretty nice.
shawn 12:52 on 2023-02-15 Permalink
True.
Kate 13:03 on 2023-02-15 Permalink
Good reminder, walkerp. Thank you.