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hystericallymad t1_iz1f9ne wrote

Reply to comment by Rough-Dust-3926 in Springfield is the poorest city in Missouri by WaywardDeadite

Please enlighten us with your knowledge cause this stinks of someone that is clueless to our homeless population.

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Rough-Dust-3926 t1_iz1g8hy wrote

Most major cities surrounding Springfield participated in a campaign that gave a free bus ticket to homeless people and would drop criminal charges if they agreed to move. My source is countless homeless individuals in Springfield telling me that is how they got here and that they were lied to by being told Springfield was a save haven for them.

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hystericallymad t1_iz1it1b wrote

So, entirely full of shit comment?

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Rough-Dust-3926 t1_iz1ixxr wrote

Not sure why you would think that.. if you had the decency to even speak to someone in need every once and awhile, you would know too.

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hystericallymad t1_iz1ly5f wrote

This goes to show that I know you just as well as you know me. While I'm not doubting stories "you've been told" I do doubt this is a primary issue of homelessness in Springfield. I do recall stories of Springfield police doing exactly this, providing one way tickets out of town, and this comes from a credible source that works with Springfield's homeless population.

The reason for my initial comment was to call out bullshit. As disclosed, I don't know you. I do have some knowledge surrounding this and many acquaintances that are heavily involved in this social issue. Hell, for all I know you may be one of those people I know. The issue is your comment wants to push the problem of homelessness and thus the responsibility of homelessness away. Your comment really has a bad NIMBY vibe to it, doesn't it?

Perhaps I do need to be involved more. I know I do. But you don't know me. You don't know my community involvement. You don't know what I do.

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lifeinmisery t1_iz28qhy wrote

Kansas City police have a bit of a reputation for doing this every six months or so for a while.

The story was that the kc police would sweep the town every few months and ship a couple of bus loads of homeless down here, and this continues until Springfield raised enough of a fuss at the state level about it. At which time kc switched to bussing them to somewhere in Oklahoma.

I grew up in KC and have heard this most of my life. So nothing to back this up but second hand anecdotal evidence, but that has been the story in KC for years.

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