re: Has to be a solution to homeless ruining cities

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Maybe I’m sheltered, but I’ve been to stadiums and ball parks all across the country. Most are in vibrant areas with nightlife and safety a priority. Houston chooses to let theirs rot away with homelessness and the filth they bring. I wouldn’t be caught dead around Minute Maid, the Toyota Center, or Dynamo stadium at night. At least NRG is off the beaten path but there’s also zero around it to do.

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I didn't think they were that bad when there are games/events happening, but there could very easily be issues if nothing is really going on. I actually thought the area around BVAA Compass/Shell/Dynamo was improving with new hotels and apartments. Hard to do much around the freeway though. Seems like every town has a homeless camp under elevated sections of highway.

Disclaimer - I also used to live in West Loop in Chicago and could walk to United Center in one direction and to the Chicago river in the other. I could go from really nice area full of yuppies to really sketchy in a matter of steps or just a couple of stops on the pink line. So my perspective is probably a little off. But to me a homeless person isn't really a bother unless there is a disproportionate number of them outside relative to everyone else.

Houston has a lot of ball parks and convention center space in one fairly small area that doesn't really have THAT much housing or any kind of alternative draw other than those events/games.

Wrigley field in Chicago by contrast is in a neighborhood that stays fairly busy and safe most of the time. Chicago seems to spread their homeless out, then winter tends to clear it up temporarily. Houston doesn't have that benefit.

My buddy lives a block from Minute Maid. I was there 2 years ago and it was fine. Wtf happened?

We literally walked to his place from midtown at 2am and I don’t remember seeing many homeless.