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re: Baton Rouge clears six homeless encampments
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:01 am to TDcline
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:01 am to TDcline
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Is BR to NO downtown worth the drive for 3 days a week of in the office?
3 days isn't too bad. They are going to start widening I-10 between Prarieville and Gonzales soon. That's going to suck.
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Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:02 am to CoachChappy
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Give them all bus tickets to California.
Baton Rouge used to give them bus tickets to Atlanta.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:02 am to HeadSlash
Sam Kinnison had a take on this which I think may be more effective.
Line them all up, start asking the first one in line if he has any family who can take care of him, and skills, any ambitions, etc.
If they can’t come up with anything, shoot them in the head. The rest of the line may decide working at McDonald’s is an option.
Line them all up, start asking the first one in line if he has any family who can take care of him, and skills, any ambitions, etc.
If they can’t come up with anything, shoot them in the head. The rest of the line may decide working at McDonald’s is an option.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:03 am to fr33manator
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Would you volunteer to go somewhere you couldn’t have sex for two years?
A lot of men do. It’s called marriage.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:04 am to member12
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"There's not enough affordable, permanent housing that’s available," said Michael Acaldo, CEO of St. Vincent de Paul Charities. "I know that states that have larger populations and that are more wealthy than Louisiana have more affordable, permanent housing. However, no state, no community has enough."
I mean I don't really think that's the issue with the large majority of those in these camps.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:04 am to soccerfüt
Except you can’t pour gas on the homeless
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:05 am to BilJ
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I know that states that have larger populations and that are more wealthy than Louisiana have more affordable, permanent housing. However, no state, no community has enough.
Louisiana’s homeless population is quite low compared to other states.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:16 am to TaderSalad
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Except you can’t pour gas on the homeless
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:21 am to member12
I saw all the bags of trash they had gathered up from the camps. I guess they were waiting to be picked up.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:21 am to member12
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Baton Rouge used to give them bus tickets to Atlanta.
Chicago and New York used to give them bus tickets to Baton Rouge.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:23 am to MBclass83
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I saw all the bags of trash they had gathered up from the camps.
No need for name calling.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:32 am to member12
Imagine being homeless and living in BR - woof
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:38 am to SantaFe
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My concern is that if the encampments are cleared where do the homeless then relocate to.
If there are no consequences and they are not detained for illegal behavior....they just move. So the taxpayers have to pay to clean it up every few months.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:41 am to member12
These people that live at intersections begging money....they CHOSE to do so. They do NOT want a real job!
They will be back, and soon.
They will be back, and soon.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:42 am to Sgt_Lincoln_Osiris
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In addition to the drug use, is mental illness.
The drug use often causes mental illness.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:44 am to member12
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Baton Rouge clears six homeless encampments
No, BR cleared 6 tents. The big encampment is on the other side of the soundwall of the access road from siegan to the mall. If you drive that way, just look to your right and you will see about 20 tents setup. If they wanted to solve the problem, they'd shut down the methadone clinic off of riegar road that is about 1/2 mile from an elementary school.
BR is not gonna do anything but exacerbate the situation.
This post was edited on 12/13/21 at 9:45 am
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:45 am to BugAC
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The drug use often causes mental illness.
And let’s be honest, they aren’t homeless because they are smoking pot. This is opioids and meth people.
This post was edited on 12/13/21 at 9:51 am
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:46 am to fr33manator
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. This is opioids and meth people.
Absolutely. This is choice driven homelessness, and like other said, if they wanted help, they'd go see a shelter. But shelters dont' allow drug use, therefore, they camp and people keep giving them money when they panhandle.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:49 am to TeddyPadillac
This isn't meant as an attack but the administrative overhead and impossibility of this solution is ludicrous.
Posted on 12/13/21 at 9:53 am to ellishughtiger
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Imagine being homeless and living in BR - woof
One of the most disturbing sights I've seen was a tent city set up under the interstate overpasses in downtown Atlanta. A little toddler was standing all alone outside a tent barely a few feet from speeding traffic.
Baton Rouge currently would be hard pressed to top that.
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