Thoughts on tent cities and the dangers the poors pose to normal decent folk? If lived here I'd vote for the most heavy handed way to clean up the area but as a tourist I'll just steer clear of it.


https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/concerns-flare-about-vancouver-tent-city-scaring-away-tourism-from-local-businesses
“Summer travellers come off the cruise ship, maps-in-hand, and wander down here. They get really scared and immediately ask us for help,” he said.

Vancouver police Sgt. Steve Addison confirmed that since the beginning of July disorder along East Hastings has increased.

“There have been a number of violent incidents … includ(ing) a man in a wheelchair who was stabbed while trying to navigate through tents and debris on the sidewalk and a woman in her 80s who was bear-sprayed earlier this week.”

Sunday last week, a 67-year-old woman was struck on the head with a butcher knife while walking near East Hastings and Carrall, Addison said.

Nathan Murdoch, co-founder of Toonie Tours walking tour company, said many of his customers are shocked to encounter East Hastings, a street that sits between two of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods, Gastown and Chinatown.

Risk to the general public and tourists is pretty low. The violence that happens is almost always between homeless people or somebody sticking their finger in a homeless person's face. Rarely is it a premeditated attack on the general public.
Sure in big cities there is some street crime vs normies by gang members and such, but these types are a different breed and not part of the tent city crowd.

The real danger is to the profitability of the local businesses owners- who probably want to see the homeless people smited.



What is there to vote on? From what i can tell the homeless problem policy is set forth by the local government. You could vote for city council members, as if that's going to change anything.
If you could vote on an action, what do you propose the government should do with these people?

This post was edited by NatureNames on Jul 24 2022 10:36pm

Canada problems?

Too many homeless people isn't just an issue in Vancouver. It's all up and down the west coast of North America if the weather isn't harsh. Every major city on the western edge of California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia all have big homeless populations with these tent city levels of problems.

Vancouver is owned by Chinese. Have you tired not accepting Chinese?

Fix bad policy across the board and eliminate greed.

Here is my solution for the homeless problem

But they aren't the problem, they're a symptom.

If we produce more Soylent Green, the homeless won't be starving.