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roamingforever t1_j0c9i7k wrote

Reply to comment by kathryn13 in Police from Maine city drive woman to Manchester homeless shelter where there's no room by rabblebowser

As someone who stayed in that shelter, it must have been terrifying for her to realize they had no room and be stuck outside by herself like that. The whole area around the shelter is incredibly sketchy, nearly got mugged just trying to walk to the building. They’re lucky she wasn’t seriously injured or froze to death

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kathryn13 t1_j0ccnfb wrote

I'm grateful she had the balls to walk into the Mayor's office. We need to know this stuff is going on. We also need a coordinated statewide response so those working on the issue aren't inundated by individuals from towns who are not working on solving the issue.

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roamingforever t1_j0cfpoa wrote

One thing I’m confused about is how the shelter is full? I’m just speaking of my time there, but even if they were full they’d send people to the other shelters in town, and they never turned women away. Things have clearly changed but I wonder why? It’s essentially a giant room where people sleep on mats, there’s bunks upstairs but that’s first come first serve. and if someone came in like that they may not have a bunk but there was always a mat for them. Honestly if I were her I’d have called the police for help at that point, clearly things have only gotten worse there

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