The 15th "Meanest" City
Austin may have been deemed the most "fit" city in the nation, but that "fitness" doesn't seem to extend to those who typically reside at I-35 and Riverside or similar intersections. The National Coalition for the Homeless recently ranked Austin as the nation's 15th "meanest" city for the homeless. Other Texan urban bretheren occupy the list as well:
- Dallas ranks 6th
- Houston ranks 7th
- San Antonio ranks 13th
posted by Mail Whore at 11:33 PM
5 Comments:
Austin isn't mean enough until bums stop hassling people for money for beer and drugs. Period.
7:53 AM
Yes, because the affluent are the only ones that should be allowed to fuck up their lives with beer and drugs. Period.
1:22 PM
Yeah, but the next time a rich and affluent drug abuser accosts me in the park asking for money or just generally scaring my kids...well, it'll be the first time.
And the next time I go to the park...especially Pease Park...and am NOT accosted by a homeless drug abuser looking for a handout...well, that'll be a first too.
1:43 PM
He didnt say that they shouldnt be able to, only that HE doesnt want to be hassled for it. Sounds lke a rerasonable dissent reasonable to me.
2:22 PM
The homeless bother me as much as they do the next guy. I encounter them every day, and they bother the hell out of me. But the assumption by many is that any money given to any one homeless person is going to be used for alcohol and drugs. Much of it is. But that assumption keeps people from giving any money at all. How do we determine whether the spare change we give to a homeless person is going to be used for alcohol and/or drugs? A bum audit? A..."buadit?"
2:47 PM
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