Tbone84
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Oh, I see. Hopefully transit will become safer again soon and we won't have those search results again regarding transit safety in Edmonton
That's why I said hopefully transit gets saferIf you watch that video? THAT'S THE ISSUE! Unchecked crackheads doing whatever they want without consequence! Also why I said I now carry a personal air horn and have used it effectively to jolt psychopaths from their rampages by making a huge scene out of it! Kind of like Bobby Hill from that self-defense episode... "I don't know you... THAT'S MY PURSE!"
All I can say is how nice for you. That's one privilege enough time and interaction will soon erase. I'm still a 100% believer in Edmonton and downtown and genuinely care about creating a safe and inclusive downtown for all....Not disagreeing with the crime that does exist downtown and our need to solve it. But I’m downtown a few times a week and my wife works downtown and we have maybe 2 stories in the last year that are beyond seeing homelessness or drug use. Never felt threatened, seen fights, etc.
I still think DT is safe to live in. Hoping to buy in the next few years there and rent our infill
And for the record this isn't meant as a slam, just a reality check that given enough time and shit interactions you'll start to see a pattern of neglect. People only care as long as it doesn't affect their ability to make money. Once you do, suddenly things are issues... That's a cynical look at capitalism I know, but an accurate one. I've been talking about these issues since the mid 2000's on multiple online forums with about as much give a shit as what's on display now... "just as long as I didn't get affected who cares??" TALK ABOUT MINIMIZATION!!!! Classic troll tactic...All I can say is how nice for you. That's one privilege enough time and interaction will soon erase. I'm still a 100% believer in Edmonton and downtown and genuinely care about creating a safe and inclusive downtown for all....
The City is doing as much as it can, given the hand it's been dealt by the UCP.A visitor from Halifax's recent travel review:
'Currently in downtown Edmonton. Way more bleak than I realized. Staying in the Quarters district at a relatively nice, relatively new hotel. Nearly every window on the ground floor is smashed out. There is a nicely landscaped but completely (like, 100%) deserted pedestrianized street adjacent to the hotel, however, there are tents in every alleyway and random nook, out-of-it people sitting on the ground screaming at each other, people wandering around unaware of their surroundings and unable to walk in a straight line, with others dancing exuberantly around them, hopped up on stimulants, equally unaware of/indifferent to their surroundings. A guy passing us on the sidewalk randomly started taking his pants off. All of this was in broad daylight on a weekday in what is ostensibly a "vibrant" neighbourhood. Halifax's encampments look like a hippie utopia in comparison. This place reminds me of an angrier version of the DTES.'
A visitor from Halifax's recent travel review:
'Currently in downtown Edmonton. Way more bleak than I realized. Staying in the Quarters district at a relatively nice, relatively new hotel.