...anyone else think that was "Mangolia"?

Why is this asinine? I wouldn't want the lower classes near me either because they are trash.

eddyatwork: Why is this asinine? I wouldn't want the lower classes near me either because they are trash.

This.

There's no hate like...

Oh, nevermind.

Yeah, homeless people are filthy drug users and whores who don't deserve housing near wealthy people. Think of the children!

in all fairness, I paid good money to get away from riff raff, I would not want them following me to my neighborhood.

I feel sorry for these homeless people. I sure do. I mean, I'm a Christian and God said we should care about lepers and prostitutes and the homeless and other gross people like that, but it wasn't like Jesus ever built houses for these people, did he? I mean, the land is so beautiful around here. Why can't they just live off the land! I think it would be so amazing to do that, like that one boy. What's his name--he ran off to live in Alaska all by himself. How exciting. I could never do anything like that. I could totally let them live off the land, just so long as they don't get in the way of the kitchen view. Did I mention how fantastic it is? I mean, look at that, you can see the ocean. What good does a homeless person have for the ocean? It's big and it's cold and it's wet. Totally not good for homeless. You know, now that I think about it, you know what they really need? They need to live in the city. I mean, that's where everything is, right? Like, turn a church or something into a home for them. I'm sure the people living next door won't mind. If you live next to a church, you've got to expect it to do churchy stuff, right? Yes, that's what they should do. I think I have $20 in my purse. Could I make a donation? I'm happy to give. However I can help. Thanks. Thanks so much. You make a real difference. Seriously, I don't know how we'd get by without people like you. Let me know if I can help in any other way.

I've got to go, though. The girls are coming over for our weekly earth awareness party. Aimee is bringing this dip--oh, you should try it. Amazing. Hummus and spinach with cheese and this veal pate. Amazing stuff. She knows how to shop. Tracie said we're going to talk about ways we can get reduce how much styrofoam we use. Can you imagine? It's very exciting. I just hope it doesn't mean we can't use that great little chinese place anymore. They're so good. I just wish the people in it would learn to speak English a little better. But what you can do? Thanks for coming. I've really learned a lot.

"Please... I have no place to go."
-"Sorry, the residents say they really like Blue Herons, and well- you people'd f*ck that up."
"What, like the bird?"
-"Yeah, they like birds more than you. Sorry. Makes them feel close to nature and sh*t."

Hahaha.Good.

I agree. I worked along time to save enough to buy a house in an upscale neighborhood. A few years ago some asshat tried to get his house down the street from us zoned for a half way home. He had government dollars dancing in his eyes. Didn't go over very well and it didn't happen. I have to negotiate them on the streets downtown when I go to work, I even give them a few dollars now and then. That is more than enough.

/why yes sometimes I am an elitist
//get off my lawn

Rich people hate poor people. News at 11.

Cool, urban rot will spread to the burbs now.

/so we'll have sub-suburbs.
//and people will commute farther and waste more gas.
///easier than solving the problem I guess

Where I'm from million-dollar villas sit side-by-side with illegally built housing overlooking magnificent views. Welcome to the third world, America.

Upscale predominately liberal Seattle?

Any time you nail a government official for corruption, seize their assets and use them to turn their home into a halfway house and job training center for the homeless. Society gets more for its tax money. Problem solved.

chuggernaught: Cool, urban rot will spread to the burbs now.

/so we'll have sub-suburbs.
//and people will commute farther and waste more gas.
///easier than solving the problem I guess

And how do you propose solving the problem? Your solution doesn't include getting homeless people off the streets so they can actually get jobs and get back on their feet? Keep them living under bridges and in boxes?

ExJerseyGirl

Keep them living under bridges and in boxes?

It saves the government money on having to hire someone to clean under there. Plus they're watching out for terrists.

Look, I have no problem with homeless people. I just think they should be next to someone else's home. Why? Because I'm a hateful farker who doesn't give a shiat about my fellow man. That's why!

BBRModitha: ExJerseyGirl

Keep them living under bridges and in boxes?

It saves the government money on having to hire someone to clean under there. Plus they're watching out for terrists.

Actually, last year in Seattle a homeless man living under a bridge was crushed and killed by a brush clearing machine.

Guess the terrists have won.

Lloyd Stool unavilable for comment.

/rather obscure, but funny if you've seen the movie!

The homeless should take their $50 a day panhandling money, pool it together, and then buy a place to live.

Ha Ha!

Tom_Neyman is right.

You mean, those Bleeding Hearts want to help the homeless but NOT in their neighborhood?! Sounds hypocritical.

The Repubs are no better, but they dont claim to help and then back out when they have the opportunity.

But the Libs CLAIM to want to help.

Why not build housing out of discard Starbucks cups? We know they insulate well!

If I had worked my ass off to afford a house in a nice neighborhood, I would fight this to the death. Do you know how much that would degrade property values? Not to mention the crime, drugs, and general shady characters it would bring to the neighborhood?

You know, Pocket Ninja, you're usually really, really funny.

That was just... scary.

Change?

Got some change?

Pocket Ninja wins One (1) Internet.

coco ebert: Where I'm from million-dollar villas sit side-by-side with illegally built housing overlooking magnificent views. Welcome to the third world, America.

I didn't know Switzerland was a third world country.

TFA: "What is it that makes homeless people different enough that they don't 'fit' in that neighborhood?"

They do the wrong drugs.

QU!RK1019: TFA: "What is it that makes homeless people different enough that they don't 'fit' in that neighborhood?"

They do the wrong drugs.

Yeah, those morons were stupid enough to get hooked on meth, crack, and/or junk instead of going to the doctor for prescriptions like civilized people.

/just because a doctor prescribed it doesn't mean you're not a junkie

What's the movie with Nick Nolte as a homeless guy in a rich guy's house?

Ringtailed79: Rich people hate poor people. News at 11.

Not when there's a war to fight.

/you want me on that wall
//you NEED me on that wall

WALMART.saves: coco ebert: Where I'm from million-dollar villas sit side-by-side with illegally built housing overlooking magnificent views. Welcome to the third world, America.

I didn't know Switzerland was a third world country.

It isn't although some scared Swiss will tell you it's becoming one. I'm from Turkey but I live in Switzerland now.

coco ebert: WALMART.saves: coco ebert: Where I'm from million-dollar villas sit side-by-side with illegally built housing overlooking magnificent views. Welcome to the third world, America.

I didn't know Switzerland was a third world country.

It isn't although some scared Swiss will tell you it's becoming one. I'm from Turkey but I live in Switzerland now.

Aaahh... Turkey.... The Mexico of Europe.

What a strange thing to happen in a place where they elect bleeding-heart, eat-the-rich socialists into power!

The funniest part is how it's decommissioned military base, which, according to the article, has a long-standing tradition of being offered to social service agencies. Did these people not know this or expect this to happen? Did their real estate agents not inform them of the possibility?

I lived in Seattle a few years, I've walked Discovery park and the beaches there many times. There's a neato center there for first settlers where I visited a powwow. Chief Seattle's tribe gave me a medicine bag I have hanging in my car. Super cool.

Seattle homeless are aggressive. They follow you, telling you their made-up sob story, then get abusive when you ignore them. They steal cars to get across town (read: lax enforcement of vehicle property laws). They crap everywhere like pigeons.

At any given time, there are EIGHT THOUSAND homeless on Seattle streets. The latest scam is to "find" you a parking space, then harass you if you don't cough up a buck, even if you found the space yourself.

Elitist liberals can afford to move away from the diapers they fill with good intentions, ignoring selfish human nature.

-Catdrchris, People's Republic of Madison (formerly Worker's Republic of Seattle)

jake_lex: Yeah, those morons were stupid enough to get hooked on meth, crack, and/or junk instead of going to the doctor for prescriptions like civilized people.

/just because a doctor prescribed it doesn't mean you're not a junkie

Exactly. If only these rich people had acquired a taste for a good freebase, they would be welcoming these street drug purveyors with open arms.

tehotherbilly: The homeless should take their $50 a day panhandling money, pool it together, and then buy a place to live.

Excellent idea. $50 is really quite a lot, you see. If you can go without food or indeed, any other expenditures of any kind, you can save up the $100,000 for a home in 5.5 years. No sweat!

I don't blame these people for being mad. Putting low income housing in a really nice area is like putting a honk if youre horny bumper sticker on a new BMW.

sorry but low income housing = dramatically increased crime and all the problems associated with said crime.

\didn't RTFA

This article is awesome!

I love it.

Poor rich folks don't want the nasty old poor people near them. Next time move into a farking gated community so it will be easier for me to avoid you and your kind like the plague.

Elitist motherfarkers.

catdrchris: I lived in Seattle a few years, I've walked Discovery park and the beaches there many times. There's a neato center there for first settlers where I visited a powwow. Chief Seattle's tribe gave me a medicine bag I have hanging in my car. Super cool.

Seattle homeless are aggressive. They follow you, telling you their made-up sob story, then get abusive when you ignore them. They steal cars to get across town (read: lax enforcement of vehicle property laws). They crap everywhere like pigeons.

At any given time, there are EIGHT THOUSAND homeless on Seattle streets. The latest scam is to "find" you a parking space, then harass you if you don't cough up a buck, even if you found the space yourself.

Elitist liberals can afford to move away from the diapers they fill with good intentions, ignoring selfish human nature.

-Catdrchris, People's Republic of Madison (formerly Worker's Republic of Seattle)

I love the long diatribe against the filthy homeless that OMG HARASS YOU! (as if having money and harassing people, which every ad agency, direct marketer, telemarketer, collections agency, accounts receivable department, law enforcement agency, etc, is ok) capped off with "elitist liberal badman" statements.

Nothing quite as funny as watching somebody sniff derisively at the less fortunate and then cry about elitism.

tehotherbilly
The homeless should take their $50 a day hour panhandling money, pool it together, and then buy a place to live.

/fixed

Goldeneye007: If I had worked my ass off to afford a house in a nice neighborhood, I would fight this to the death. Do you know how much that would degrade property values? Not to mention the crime, drugs, and general shady characters it would bring to the neighborhood?

So? What do I care? It's your problem, not mine. Take responsibility for your own life, and quit whining.

not all of magnolia is upscale. There's some real bong-water stained apartments on the east side complete with some awesome bum huts in the greenbelt. The homeless are already there. BFD

The only people who support this idea the ones who will be glad that the homeless and other gross mud people will go away from their own crime infested neighborhoods.

Pocket Ninja: I feel sorry for these homeless people. I sure do.

***upwardly mobile soccer mom babble****

But what you can do? Thanks for coming. I've really learned a lot.

Thank goodness that this is just for the lulz and not your real personae. I'd find a way to punch you via TCP/IP.

[I had been a pastor's wife of a multiracial congregation long enough to hear those dodgy excuses at both sides of the struggle.]

Clam Sandwich: "The only people who support this idea the ones who will be glad that the homeless and other gross mud people will go away from their own crime infested neighborhoods."

Quoted for truthiness!

Even the most liberal, tree-hugging people I know detest the homeless at the very sight of them. Of course, when not confronted with them personally, they'll be happy with instances such as the article describes.

Unless you're mentally insane, homelessness is a choice.

coco ebert:
It isn't although some scared Swiss will tell you it's becoming one. I'm from Turkey but I live in Switzerland now.

Apropos of nothing, my great-great-grandfather came from Lucerne, Switzerland and I love Turkish food. :?)

Back to TFA, I am torn. I understand not wanting to see your nice neighborhood trashed but I also hate hypocrisy.

More importent, I'd hit that.