Homelessness Downtown

[Hometown]

Thank you for offering an alternative to the "F*** the Homeless Movement" that originated here and made national news about three years ago.  While you and I continue to disagree about concentrating services in one general area, I appreciate your spirit and I understand your argument.  I hear there are a number of organizations benefiting down and out folks in the Whittier Square area not far from you.

There are probably folks here who are knowledgeable about a local foundation's efforts to rid Tulsa of homelessness.  I forget the details.  I expect that after BOK Arena opens, the city will encourage this foundation to help cut down the numbers of homeless people on the north side of downtown near BOK Arena, mostly to gussy up the district to make it more acceptable to tourists.  Maybe some real solutions for homeless folks will be the result.  I hope so.

Meanwhile I will also hope for a general consciousness raising about dumping on low income neighborhoods like North Tulsa.

[Gold]

The "F the homeless" story that ran in the national media is one of the worst examples of media sensationalism I've encountered.  There were some wild misrepresentations in that one -- I think they even tried to link it to the Race Riot.

[guido911]

Maybe this is sort of behavior will be coming to our downtown:

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/83643.html

[Gaspar]

I postulate that a homeless population will expand to meet the services available to it.  Build more beds and you will get more homeless.  Give away more free meals and you will get more homeless.

I base this theory on the fact that homeless populations are transient (hence the term transient).  They typically move to where they can acquire services.  

If you want to end homelessness in Tulsa, it's easy.  Shut down all of the shelters and soup kitchens.  Offer free Greyhound tickets to Oklahoma City. []

Now this thread is done!