BasicDesignAdvice t1_j0uknlx wrote on December 19, 2022 at 3:15 PM

Reply to comment by ak47workaccnt in Proposed permanent housing building for those experiencing homelessness raises concerns with some Dorchester residents by ak47workaccnt

> go outside the city

Why can't they put the riffraff out of sight and away from easy access to centralized resources and services?

Graywulff t1_j0uq6xs wrote on December 19, 2022 at 3:53 PM

Yeah what suburb will take them?

AboyNamedBort t1_j0utcg5 wrote on December 19, 2022 at 4:15 PM

A lot of these homeless people are from the suburbs. Why should they be just Boston's problem?

Graywulff t1_j0v0xzv wrote on December 19, 2022 at 5:06 PM

I know they’re from all over and it should be a distributed problem. How about we make every town share the burden? They did this with the projects building them in towns like Arlington where there are better schools.

Areas with high cost of living probably have high cost of labor too.

I’m fine with distributing it equally across the commonwealth. As long as we aren’t seriously displacing people from family.

There also needs to be the treatment infrastructure in place which boston has going for it. They could build clinics right into these places and have substance abuse counselors, mental health specialists and nurse practitioners on hand to take care of medical needs and detox.

There also need to be jobs for these people. I mean in more rural areas they could run their own farm and grow their own food and stuff.

Maybe locate them near vocational training? My brother said ford mechanic school is free now bc of a shortage of workers.

bdeeney098 t1_j0uz3hy wrote on December 19, 2022 at 4:54 PM

This hotel isn't near any of the services needed, it's not close to any train stations and there aren't any buses on morrissey Blvd where it's located. I assume they'll be setting up some kind of shuttle service. Why would t that work somewhere outside of the city and residential neighborhoods?