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Originally Posted by chemgear
We already know that having a Ctrain station nearby is a liability crime wise for a neighborhood even before the rise in open drug use. Hopefully it won't end up the same for playgrounds or parks (or things like empty lots).
https://globalnews.ca/news/9424029/v...ss-camp-costs/
A pair of longstanding homeless encampments in the City of Vancouver have cost taxpayers more than $6 million since 2018, data obtained by Global News shows.
Last May, a man was murdered in CRAB Park, and the ongoing encampment there saw a mass stabbing in October and a major tent fire in December.
An innocent man was also murdered in the previous Oppenheimer Park encampment. The same encampment also was the scene of a shooting and what Vancouver police described as a “horrific” sexual assault.
Strathcona Park’s tent city was the scene of fires, overdose deaths and the serious assaults of two men, one of whom later died.
Lewis, who said she was attacked by a stranger during the chaos associated with the Strathcona Park encampment in Oct. 2020, is hopeful the new ABC majority on Vancouver city council will be more proactive in addressing the issue.
Vancouver’s mayor said the city can’t solve this alone. |
Encampments and city responses are essentially the main symptom of half-measures. I am sure both sides of this issue look at encampments as being a failure