Oldgator73
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ZinLuvR said:I was born and raised in the San Fran east bay area. The bay area has had a problem with the homeless for many years. I sold my house and left in 2005. I have been back since chasing work/money until I retired. I moved from Cali because I didn't want to work until I died. EVERYTHING in Cali is expensive and just keeps getting worse. Where I moved the property tax is 10% of what I would have been paying in Cali. I have not been in the Berserkly area for many years. The last time I was in that city there was an explosion of homeless camps under the freeway overcrossings. Seems the city gave the homeless money to buy tents. The tents were pitched wall to wall under the freeways. In the east bay where I lived you could watch the "homeless" work the freeway on and off ramps with their cardboard signs. Seems like they had a system where they took turns manning the corners. I bought a homeless guy who was asking for money some lunch and asked him about his life. He seemed to be happy, he had an Obama phone and a bike and slept undercover every night in a shopping center. Seemed like a nice enough guy who probably would have done well working a regular job, but he was living free and seemed to like it that way. I never will give money to a beggar, especially one who's sign says they need money for food. I offer to buy them something to eat, which sometimes they will take and sometimes not. Cali is nice, can't hardly beat the weather, but if ya can't afford it, move, I wouldn't mind still being in Cali, but I preferred to retire. Seattle is having the same problem, a girl was found dead in her class C camper a while back. Living on the street in her RV. There is no simple fix, the problem has gotten too large at this point. Should Berserkly given money for tents, no, it just encouraged more homelessness. So now they have a tent problem and an RV problem. Seattle's solution, they are going to open city hall to the homeless to spend the night in, but they have to be out in the morning. Anyone want to take a guess at how that's going to end up? And who is going to go in and clean up the mess after 100 plus homeless have spent the night there?
Your story lost all it?s credibility when you said ?Obama phone? Low income families have been eligible for discounted telephone service for decades. But the program is funded by telecom companies, not by taxes.