HOW LOW CAN BLUE CITIES SINK? [merged threads]

[Dashinka 24,495]

23 hours ago, Boiler said:

Political bedfellows can certainly be fickle.

[Boiler 45,510]

4 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Political bedfellows can certainly be fickle.

Apparently they are having similar issues in Canada.

[Dashinka 24,495]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Apparently they are having similar issues in Canada.

Canada will lock you up though if you have not reached the proper level of wokiness.  I guess that is expected given that Canada is run by the illegitimate son of Fidel Castro. 

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Minneapolis among the worst major cities for crime

 

Here's the comparison of Minneapolis to Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, and New York City.  You would expect Minneapolis and Portland to be similar, and the other 3 to also be clustered together as bigger and more obviously crime-ridden.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/06/19/minneapolis-among-the-worst-major-cities-for-crime-n559014

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Has Portland sobered up?

 

[...] So maybe things are turning a corner, though as even the mayor has admitted, it's going to take a long time to fix this mess.  Remember, in Portland's case, [...]

 

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/06/19/has-portland-sobered-up-n559081

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Comments about this?

Most local government officials are nuts

 

Actually, I am exaggerating a bit.  It is likely that it isn't most, since in general local government officials in smaller towns are not nuts, but the larger the municipality, the more likely it is that the elected official is a loon with an ideological axe to grind.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/06/26/most-local-government-officials-are-nuts-n560586

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Is reporting on San Francisco unfair or just accurate?

 

The San Francisco Chronicle published a story yesterday complaining about coverage of the city in the news media.  It's titled [...]

 

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/06/27/auto-draft-130-n561017

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Newsom One-Ups NYC By Requiring Pizza Be Baked Using Sun And Magnifying Glass

 

[...] "Take that, New York!" Newsom said as he announced the new mandate.  "If you think you're at the forefront of making it impossible to bake a decent pizza, wait 'til you get a load of this.  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/newsom-one-ups-nyc-by-requiring-pizza-be-baked-using-sun-and-magnifying-glass

[Boiler 45,510]

https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/business/homelessness-continues-to-soar-jumping-9-in-la-county-10-in-the-city/article_d3e99d4a-fc6a-58e8-bbe0-c7fff71b5e50.html

 

Homelessness continued to rise dramatically, increasing by 9% in Los Angeles County and 10% in the city of Los Angeles last year, in a stark illustration of the challenges faced by officials trying to reduce the number of people living on the streets.

Efforts to house people, which include hundreds of millions of dollars spent on shelter, permanent housing and outreach, have failed to stem the growth of street encampments, as reflected in the annual point-in-time count released Thursday by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

The count, conducted by thousands of volunteers during a three-day period in January, projected that 75,518 people were living in interim housing or a tent, car, van, RV, tent or makeshift shelter in Los Angeles County, compared with 69,144 the previous year.

Since the 2015 count, homelessness has increased by 70% in the county and 80% in the city.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

36 minutes ago, Boiler said:

officials trying to reduce the number of people living on the streets

Deport them to a sanctuary city!   

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/business/homelessness-continues-to-soar-jumping-9-in-la-county-10-in-the-city/article_d3e99d4a-fc6a-58e8-bbe0-c7fff71b5e50.html

 

Homelessness continued to rise dramatically, increasing by 9% in Los Angeles County and 10% in the city of Los Angeles last year, in a stark illustration of the challenges faced by officials trying to reduce the number of people living on the streets.

Efforts to house people, which include hundreds of millions of dollars spent on shelter, permanent housing and outreach, have failed to stem the growth of street encampments, as reflected in the annual point-in-time count released Thursday by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

The count, conducted by thousands of volunteers during a three-day period in January, projected that 75,518 people were living in interim housing or a tent, car, van, RV, tent or makeshift shelter in Los Angeles County, compared with 69,144 the previous year.

Since the 2015 count, homelessness has increased by 70% in the county and 80% in the city.

gee, i wonder what draws them there.........

[TBoneTX 45,288]

29 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

gee, i wonder what draws them there.........

Sanctuary!

[TBoneTX 45,288]

NYC Makes History as Illegal Immigrants Outnumber Locals in Shelters

 

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/lincolnbrown/2023/06/29/nyc-makes-history-as-illegal-immigrants-outnumber-locals-in-shelters-n1707333

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

9 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

NYC Makes History as Illegal Immigrants Outnumber Locals in Shelters

 

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/lincolnbrown/2023/06/29/nyc-makes-history-as-illegal-immigrants-outnumber-locals-in-shelters-n1707333

I can just smell the stench from the poor unwashed masses 

[TBoneTX 45,288]

4 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

I can just smell the stench from the poor unwashed masses 

Well, wash them (= employment opportunity for some of these masses).