“It wasn’t that long ago that I was part of the community,” said Gutowski, sitting at a picnic table in a park about a mile from her old house. “But the more I’m out here, the more angry I get. … They’re not trying to make things better for us, or help us have another shelter, or keep us safe — or help us even medically or mentally. They’re just trying to push, push, push until we give up and say, ‘Fine, I’ll leave town.’”

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  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 months ago

    I’m in a “progressive” northwest city and harassing the homeless is promoted under the guise of environmentalism.

    “They can’t be allowed to trash our pristine wilderness!”

    So give them a fucking place to live.

    “No, that’s socialism!”