What do think about poor people moving into your neighborhood?

AZ Jim said:
Not always (or even mostly) true. Bottom line we are all just humans and some have been more fortunate than others.
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Yep, like those that win millions in the lottery...…….and I can't win a cent.:mad:
 

ray188 said:
It is good of you to pay those hard working people enough to allow them to provide for themselves and their families. And, it is good that they are hard working people - they deserve to live well..
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HAHAHAHA. I shoulda included a :lofl: cuz I was just kiddin'
 
I think the problem here is that we are conflating two threads that sound similar but are really about very different topics. Being poor is not the same thing as being homeless, not even close.

Some of the homeless fell into that state because of dire poverty, some for other reasons. Many of the homeless are mentally ill, or addicts. Here's the story of one of them:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...8b7525a8d5f_story.html?utm_term=.3507542d99d4

Very sad obituary, more than most.

When I visited Boston, I saw this building:
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I doubt that they are all "poor people." Probably many are homeless because of mental problems brought on by PTSD.

Many of the homeless are alcoholics or drug addicts. And most people in their right mind would not choose to have a whole community of them living next door, or out on the street in front of their homes.

But lumping the "poor" in with them makes no sense. (Whatever that means; to the very rich, we are all poor.) Scraping by from one paycheck to the next does not make anyone a bad person, or a bad neighbor. Many of the poor are recent immigrants; it takes one generation or less for their families to achieve middle class status. And what does a person's bank account have to do with how desirable a neighbor he/she is?
 
Oh, that's too bad, Holly. It shows up fine in my post. (Sign over the door saying New England Center For Homeless Veterans.)

Or were you referring to the link to the obituary in the Washington Post? If it's that, I can copy and paste the article. I found it interesting.
 
Sunny said:
I think the problem here is that we are conflating two threads that sound similar but are really about very different topics. Being poor is not the same thing as being homeless, not even close.

But lumping the "poor" in with them makes no sense. (Whatever that means; to the very rich, we are all poor.) And what does a person's bank account have to do with how desirable a neighbor he/she is?
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You're absolutely right Sunny, the thread on homelessness is coming into this thread, which is simply supposed to be about how you feel regarding poor people moving into your neighborhood, going by the thread title.

Being poor isn't the same as being homeless, I agree. I was never rich, or wanting for food and other needs, but since I was young we knew we had to live within our means to remain independent. Rich people would likely consider me poor, but I'm just an average middle class American.

I have an old friend from many years ago who I met at work, she was married and had a son and they owned a very nice home. Over the years, when her son was older, she got divorced from her abusive husband, sold the house and downsized to an apartment. Then she began to have health problems in her old age, lots of medical expenses, operations, etc. She now lives in a Section 8 mobile home, in a mobile home park. She is the sweetest and most kind person you would ever want to meet, when she had her health she always worked a full time job. She keeps her home and outside area immaculate, and is very well liked by her neighbors. Money doesn't buy everything, and nobody should be judged by their financial status.

A person's bank account has nothing to do with them being a good person or a good neighbor, agree on that fact too.
 
Sunny said:
Oh, that's too bad, Holly. It shows up fine in my post. (Sign over the door saying New England Center For Homeless Veterans.)

Or were you referring to the link to the obituary in the Washington Post? If it's that, I can copy and paste the article. I found it interesting.
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No it was the picture of the building Sunny, I can't see that
 
SeaBreeze said:
You're absolutely right Sunny, the thread on homelessness is coming into this thread, which is simply supposed to be about how you feel regarding poor people moving into your neighborhood, going by the thread title.

Being poor isn't the same as being homeless, I agree. I was never rich, or wanting for food and other needs, but since I was young we knew we had to live within our means to remain independent. Rich people would likely consider me poor, but I'm just an average middle class American.

I have an old friend from many years ago who I met at work, she was married and had a son and they owned a very nice home. Over the years, when her son was older, she got divorced from her abusive husband, sold the house and downsized to an apartment. Then she began to have health problems in her old age, lots of medical expenses, operations, etc. She now lives in a Section 8 mobile home, in a mobile home park. She is the sweetest and most kind person you would ever want to meet, when she had her health she always worked a full time job. She keeps her home and outside area immaculate, and is very well liked by her neighbors. Money doesn't buy everything, and nobody should be judged by their financial status.

A person's bank account has nothing to do with them being a good person or a good neighbor, agree on that fact too.
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Good Post SB, and precisely the point we're trying to make with regard the difference between poor and dysfunctional, or criminal...
 
A person can’t be poor and live in my neighborhood. Sometimes I wouldn’t mind if we had a few poor people. It might send some of the snobs in this neighborhood to their knees. Heck, a lot of them don’t even say hi to me anymore. They just wave.

When I first moved here and the neighbors found out that I was a pilot, some of them were asking me for a free ticket or if I could add miles to their account. When they found out that I couldn’t do either, they stopped saying hi to me and now just wave instead.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
There is another thread in this forum about "homeless" getting a home in a very upscale area. These rich people united to get the home removed. This produced many replies to the thread about how snooty the rich were. And the "homeless" were depicted as all defecating on the street. I disagreed with some of their points. Besides those with obvious mental problems, the "homeless" do no defecate in the street. In fact, most are women with children. Secondly I'm not sure the "rich" acted any differently than us, "poorer" people, when confronting a "homeless' shelter. My area is not "rich", and home owners would be fighting tooth and nail about a "homeless" shelter in their midst. I worked at a State psychiatric hospital. When it was closed, and lots of group homes were envisioned; people fought like hell not to have one next door.
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https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/08/san-franciscos-sidewalk-poop-problem/566621/
 
I don't have any problem with poor people at all as long as they give a good effort to keep there home and property in good shape. I live in an area full of middle class families with those sort of single families homes and if a struggling family came into our neighborhood they certainly would be welcomed. I am a single woman and I cannot tell you how many times my lawn mower would not start and one of my neighbors offered to mow my lawn with there lawn mower and then look at my mower and fix it. That to me is what a community is all about as they should look out for anyone in need.
 
Oldman's opening sentence was exactly what I was thinking. If you're talking about FINANCING a home in my
neighborhood, you're NOT "poor" and it ain't gonna happen. (Unless someone is gonna buy it FOR you !)

So let's get that straight and go on from there. OK?
 
oldman said:
A person can’t be poor and live in my neighborhood. Sometimes I wouldn’t mind if we had a few poor people. It might send some of the snobs in this neighborhood to their knees. Heck, a lot of them don’t even say hi to me anymore. They just wave.

When I first moved here and the neighbors found out that I was a pilot, some of them were asking me for a free ticket or if I could add miles to their account. When they found out that I couldn’t do either, they stopped saying hi to me and now just wave instead.
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Users, moochers, cheapskates, phonies. :rolleyes: I don't know if i'd bother waving back. Couldn't care less about what they can afford.
 
We have a bigger problem where people come from. Not their financial status. We are getting many from big cities. For some it's the first time they owned a house and had to maintain their property. Some had trouble figuring out/adapting to having to mow the lawn with regularity or trimming trees and bushes. Others came from parts of the city where code enforcement was non existent and have done various projects that even an amateur can see is wrong or unsafe. Throw in things like trash, trash burning and parking commercial vehicles all over the city is moving to the burbs. One person repaired and sold cars on the side. He had at least a 1/2 dozen cars on the street. They were all about 3 years old with new registrations. It took about a month to halt that.

Alot of professional and amateur contractors park their work trucks all over taking up spots and dirtying up the neighborhood. They don't realize no commercial vehicle/over night parking isn't taken lightly in the suburbs.



It took a month to halt that but taking six parking spots even in a suburb is bs. But I've seen what goes on in big cities having worked in them. It's very easy to hide things in plain sight or the cities simply have too much to do.

Wealth isn't the issue, bad habits from their last place are.
 

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