Sad to say, this is typical. Last year, my daughter met female friends, came
from Suffolk County to Westbury on the Long Island railroad, and went to a
theater here. She told me that there were some homeless people hanging
around the railroad station. They weren't doing anything, but some of her
friends were very uncomfortable. She thought that she should tell the Long
Island railroad people that they should not allow these homeless folks to
hang around the station because it felt threatening to middle class women.
This is why Donald Trump is doing so well on Long Island.
Miriam
San Francisco 'Tech Bro' Complains to Mayor That He Has to See Poor People
in Despair
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/san_francisco_tech_bro_complains
_to_mayor_that_he_has_to_20160218/
Posted on Feb 18, 2016
amanda kelso / CC BY-ND 2.0
Tech entrepreneur Justin Keller stoked San Francisco's growing reputation
for insensitivity to the misery of the impoverished by telling Mayor Ed Lee
in an open letter that he is "outraged" that wealthy workers, who he says
"have earned their right to live in the city," have to see people in pain
and despair.
"I am writing today, to voice my concern and outrage over the increasing
homeless and drug problem that the city is faced with. I've been living in
SF for over three years, and without a doubt it is the worst it has ever
been," Keller wrote on his blog. "Every day, on my way to, and from work, I
see people sprawled across the sidewalk, tent cities, human feces, and the
faces of addiction. The city is becoming a shanty town . Worst of all, it is
unsafe. ..."
"The residents of this amazing city no longer feel safe," he continued. "I
know people are frustrated about gentrification happening in the city, but
the reality is, we live in a free market society. The wealthy working people
have earned their right to live in the city. They went out, got an
education, work hard, and earned it. I shouldn't have to worry about being
accosted. I shouldn't have to see the pain, struggle, and despair of
homeless people to and from my way to work every day. I want my parents when
they come visit to have a great experience, and enjoy this special place."
At The Guardian, Julia Carrie Wong made this observation:
It's a familiar story. A male entrepreneur (some might even call him a "tech
bro")-flush with the sense of self-worth and self-satisfaction that comes
from living and working in a city and industry that treats him and his
friends as the most important and intelligent human beings ever to grace a
metropolitan area with their presence-takes a moment to think about
homelessness. Not content to wrinkle his nose and move on with his day, he
types those thoughts out. He publishes them on the internet. [.]
While Keller is not alone in his frustration that there are nearly 7,000
people living in San Francisco without homes, his letter is distinctive for
its total lack of sympathy for the plight of those in difficult
circumstances, focusing instead on the discomfort the "wealthy" [.]
Keller does not propose a solution to San Francisco's complex and
intractable civic conundrum, though he does seem to cite approvingly the
controversial "sweeps" of the homeless during the recent Super Bowl
festivities [.]
Of course, Keller will likely only be the pariah of the internet for the
next few days, while San Francisco's homeless people are made to feel like
the pariahs of the city every day.
-Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/
San Francisco 'Tech Bro' Complains to Mayor That He Has to See Poor People
in Despair
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/san_francisco_tech_bro_complains
_to_mayor_that_he_has_to_20160218/
Posted on Feb 18, 2016
amanda kelso / CC BY-ND 2.0
Tech entrepreneur Justin Keller stoked San Francisco's growing reputation
for insensitivity to the misery of the impoverished by telling Mayor Ed Lee
in an open letter that he is "outraged" that wealthy workers, who he says
"have earned their right to live in the city," have to see people in pain
and despair.
"I am writing today, to voice my concern and outrage over the increasing
homeless and drug problem that the city is faced with. I've been living in
SF for over three years, and without a doubt it is the worst it has ever
been," Keller wrote on his blog. "Every day, on my way to, and from work, I
see people sprawled across the sidewalk, tent cities, human feces, and the
faces of addiction. The city is becoming a shanty town . Worst of all, it is
unsafe. ..."
"The residents of this amazing city no longer feel safe," he continued. "I
know people are frustrated about gentrification happening in the city, but
the reality is, we live in a free market society. The wealthy working people
have earned their right to live in the city. They went out, got an
education, work hard, and earned it. I shouldn't have to worry about being
accosted. I shouldn't have to see the pain, struggle, and despair of
homeless people to and from my way to work every day. I want my parents when
they come visit to have a great experience, and enjoy this special place."
At The Guardian, Julia Carrie Wong made this observation:
It's a familiar story. A male entrepreneur (some might even call him a "tech
bro")-flush with the sense of self-worth and self-satisfaction that comes
from living and working in a city and industry that treats him and his
friends as the most important and intelligent human beings ever to grace a
metropolitan area with their presence-takes a moment to think about
homelessness. Not content to wrinkle his nose and move on with his day, he
types those thoughts out. He publishes them on the internet. [.]
While Keller is not alone in his frustration that there are nearly 7,000
people living in San Francisco without homes, his letter is distinctive for
its total lack of sympathy for the plight of those in difficult
circumstances, focusing instead on the discomfort the "wealthy" [.]
Keller does not propose a solution to San Francisco's complex and
intractable civic conundrum, though he does seem to cite approvingly the
controversial "sweeps" of the homeless during the recent Super Bowl
festivities [.]
Of course, Keller will likely only be the pariah of the internet for the
next few days, while San Francisco's homeless people are made to feel like
the pariahs of the city every day.
-Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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