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Originally Posted by activeStick
I've mentioned before that I live just a bit outside the boundaries of official Yaletown but there's a new SRO at the corner of Richards and Helmcken and the residents gather outside to to be with their friends. Walked by the building last week and a guy was literally laying on the sidewalk on his front right in front of the group. I asked them if we should call the ambulance and his friends (I assume) said, "nah, he's fine". This is right next to a park where I was at meeting my cousin and her daughter. These aren't "bad areas" - these are middle/upper class neighborhoods.
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I use to see that all the time when I worked in Yaletown. I was on Homer and Helmcken and parked under the Gathering Place up the street. Everyday I passed somebody passed on on the street or in the stairwells. The problem may be getting worse (much worse) but it is not new.
Said it else. This is not a west coast problem. It might be on a larger scale here because of the weather but this is happening everywhere. But the small towns in the middle of nowhere are not stories. LA, SF, Sea, Van are stories.