Marlinspikehall32

Marlinspikehall32 t1_jd75c8n wrote

Reply to Housing Question by [deleted]

Marketplace on Facebook, Craigslist and Yale has a site for yalies only but if you can find some to help You out with that it is also a good place

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcv4vi3 wrote

Reply to comment by xxJeffFoxworthyxx in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

Nowhere have I said they should’ve bulldozed. I have not advocated for that ever. Notice I just moved, but I did advocate, send letters, met with the council person and tried to effect change that would help these people become housed. I however empathize with both sides. When they emptied out the mill river neighborhood’s encampment they just moved to the other side of the city. I feel that free and affordable housing should be available to help people in a tough spot. Bulldozing is not the answer. Solving the housing and drug crisis is the answer.

Somehow you want me to be the bad guy here, not sure why.

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jctder6 wrote

Reply to comment by OpelSmith in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

Not sure to what you were referring but here is my timeline.

Lived happily in my neighborhood 5+ years

Encampment developed - big mess

We moved out after a year or so

They bulldozed the encampment -mess disappeared

I am not talking about packages on doorsteps. I am talking human excrement, used condoms, garbage every where, and encounters with druggies and mentally ill people regularly

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcrba3m wrote

Reply to comment by OpelSmith in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

Yeah that’s what they said about the camp at mill river. But my neighborhood was one of the closest and we dealt with the fall out for several years. We finally moved because we were unwilling to deal with it anymore. You can say ohh there are not bothering anyone. But they are, ask the closest neighborhood.

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcqxxkn wrote

Reply to comment by buried_lede in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

I would guess he received a lot of pressure from someone.

I agree this is a growing problem around the country and I would like to see the state address the problem. We need to provide stable affordable or free housing for people who are unable to take care of themselves or need a little help.

But people cannot just look at one side of the issue. They must understand all sides and the force this exerts on public policy to be able to deal the the problem appropriately. How many of the people here on this forum have attempted political and social solutions? All we hear is wringing of hand and gnashing of teeth and then surprised pikachu face when something happens like this instead of attempting to find a solution. How many become active in truly addressing this problem? How many will try to force our elected officials to find a solution? Collectively we are all to blame.

the problem is that people act like this is a singular problem and don’t solve the problem and of course they will just find some where else to start a new camp.

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcpv43q wrote

Reply to comment by buried_lede in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

If this was on your doorstep endangering your kids and you couldn’t afford to move, you would think twice about your comment. I am not saying it should’ve been bulldozed I am saying that it isn’t simple and saying don’t do it and not reckoning with the harm it is doing to an already impoverished neighborhood is being naive. May I suggest you live next to it for a year with drunks, drugs, assaults, garbage and human feces in your front yard. Not to mention the mentally ill who can attack you both physically and verbally.

This a problem that needs to be fixed compassionately for both the residents of the tents and the residents of the neighborhood.

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcowblu wrote

Reply to comment by 1234nameuser in $105 Billion Train to NYC in 45ish minutes by EliteDetonater

I was responding to the question of why it would be good. But this would help provide more jobs in the area. New Haven has seen a huge expansion in housing(notice I didn’t use the word affordable). I expect the developers are expecting this to actually happen. But it would be bad for those that suffer when gentrification happens. Not wealthy myself but myself and my cohort would do better financially. Maybe allow me to be middle class instead of lower middle class living paycheck to paycheck

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcovx6u wrote

Reply to comment by WholeComparison130 in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

Because it means that New Haven doesn’t just have a city problem but a county and state problem which means we can’t fix it just by providing housing for New Haven residents it means that we bare the brunt economically in a city where poverty is already wide spread while the wealthier towns push their problems onto us. This has to be fixed statewide with housing provided in other towns and cities who have the nimby mentality. We can’t do it all.

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_j19iv5x wrote

Reply to Traveling and the impending winter storm. by Sneaky-er

Set thermostat low(55) but if power loss you will need to have the water shut off at the main and drain the pipes including the toilets. When you get back just turn on the water and fill everything up.

To drain the toilet flush until there is no more water after you shut off the main.

The big problem is if you have power loss and you have steam/hot water heat you can blow your heater. We have antifreeze added to ours for this reason as we are rural and have lost electricity and therefore heat and almost lost our heater.

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