Quote:
Originally Posted by blankall
As a resident of Vancouver, I have had my car broken into. Just about everyone I know would have had their car or house broken into. Anything you leave unattended like a bike or phone will get stolen. I know people who've had items (like phones and wallets) stolen from jackets hanging off their chairs at restaurants. There's also a huge amount of vandalism right now. Windows are constantly being smashed.
I would agree that the rate of violent crime is relatively low. Muggings and actual physical assaults remain relatively rare.
Quite frankly, the bigger issue is the amount of deaths that are occurring. BC reported 4200 Covid deaths and they shut down the whole province. We've had more overdose death during that period, and no one seems to want to make any changes.
The stats are pretty alarming and only getting worse:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/bi...licit-drug.pdf
This is the kind of thing that affects everyone. Almost all of these people have families.
I really disagree with the notion that the West Coast is this great place to live, and the drug/homelessness pandemic only affects a small proportion of people. |
Two things that jumped out in that report
Quote:
No deaths have been reported at supervised consumption or drug overdose prevention sites.2
• There is no indication that prescribed safe supply is contributing to illicit drug deaths.
|