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Originally Posted by fintstone
It was not a generalization at all (even though it seems that such is very common). They are not everywhere. No homeless encampments in front of celebrities homes or those of dotcom billionaires and professional athletes. The difference is that many on the west coast have become indifferent to such scenery and avert their eyes...pointing to natural scenery. Even one homeless encampment, one person being beat my a mob because he holds a difference of opinion, one person squatting on the street or one street littered with feces and needles is something that much of the nation has never seen...even once...and, if it did happen, most communities would find it totally unacceptable and try to do something about it. While there may be crime elsewhere, people in middle and rural America certainly don't look the other way. Law and order is basic to any society. You could place a stack of packages on my front porch while I was away for six months...and they would all be there when I got back. I could leave my 911s outside unlocked...and nothing would happen except they would rust. I can walk alone anywhere without fear, day or night...as long as I respect private property. The worst that would happen is a sheriff's car might roll up on me and ask if I need help. The scariest thing my family ever has to endure (other than my driving) is that someone from one of the local churches might show up at our front door and invite us to come to their church service on Sunday. Even then, they certainly take a polite no thank you as an answer and go away.
Sure, I would live to live in CA...and visited there occasionally until recently (last 8-10 years). In fact, I had planned a long trip there this year and possibly another next year which I will cancel. It was always a nice place to visit...but a hard place to live (unless wealthy)...and becoming a hard place to visit. Maybe locals know how to avoid dangerous neighborhoods and stay safe. I guess I would not as I would have thought the areas where the videos were taken above were safe (they were when I lived there).
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I’m certainly not a billionaire nor famous and I don’t see mass encampments where I live. Are there homeless people? Sure. I think the climate has as much to do with it as handouts. Like I said, homelessness and panhandling is pretty bad here in San Antonio where I’m at currently. It’s a problem that occurs most places.