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| Southampton High Street on 02:22 - Jul 16 with 1930 views | saintedlove |
Sorry they spoiled your in town experience. Any ideas where we should put the homeless? | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 06:47 - Jul 16 with 1890 views | arfurdent |
ship them off to Camp Skatemouth | |
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| Southampton High Street on 06:47 - Jul 16 with 1891 views | grumpy |
Perhaps if it wasn't for the austerity we are going through there just might be somewhere for them to go.
Not knocking the homeless as you put it, just would like to see somewhere better for them to go to and us. [Post edited 16 Jul 2017 7:00]
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| Southampton High Street on 07:52 - Jul 16 with 1851 views | City_boy |
They should go to social services and seek help. There is no reason why anyone should live on the streets, Yes, they may get emergency shelter, but that has to be better than the streets and help them get back to a better life.
On the flip side, I believe there are number of people who sleep on streets that dont actually want help. | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 09:46 - Jul 16 with 1767 views | Ron11 |
I remember the 'homeless' when I lived in Bedford Place.
Abusive if you didn't 'donate' and seen being picked up by cars after a hard day's begging back to the bedsit or whatever. No scruples either, would take a pensioner's last penny.
The Echo did an investigation on them and found they were making £30,000 plus a year tax free.
The genuine cases are far outnumbered by these scumbags | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 10:13 - Jul 16 with 1732 views | solent_toffee |
As someone who has worked with the homeless in the city, I can categorically say that you are talking nonsense.
The complex benefits system brought about since Universal credit plus the changes to housing benefit which sees the claimant receiving the money and not the landlord direct as was previous has meant fewer landlords accepting dss recipients.
There are a high number of people who 'choose' to be in the street, if by choose they are unable to remain drink and drug free which is often a requirement of most hostels in the city, although Southampton does have a couple of 'wet' hostels meaning people can carry on drinking whilst they receive support.
I will leave it there as I can't be bothered to get embroiled in a pointless argument on here. | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 10:21 - Jul 16 with 1696 views | saint68 |
A lot of genuine homeless people prefer sleeping in the streets and find regular accommodation doesn't suit their desire to project their self pity on the general public,mental health problems are obviously present in most but not all.
Some feel that being placed in temporary or permanent accommodation will be worse,as they will have no one to feel sorry for them if they are out of sight.
Genuinely there is no reason they won't be accommodated if they really wish,it's more preferable for them to be seen though. | |
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| Southampton High Street on 10:44 - Jul 16 with 1675 views | Ron11 |
I may have been talking nonsense about other locations in the city, but regarding the Bedford Place situation I and many others were abused and in some cases threatened by those who 'chose to remain on the streets'.
In addition, people (especially young girls) were being hassled at cash points in London Road while withdrawing money.
It may be tarring all with the same brush, but it doesn't look that different in the City Centre. Some have dogs, too. If you can't afford to live a normal life (maybe through no fault of your own) why take on a dog? More sympathy?
And before anyone has another ago, I was made homeless just before Christmas a few years back so I do know what it's like. The Salvation Army took me in for a couple of days before I found a sofa to crash on. At no point did I even consider begging in a shop doorway...I eventually found a job (being no fixed abode which is very difficult) and then a bedsit in Guildford...when you're that far down the only way is up.... | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 11:38 - Jul 16 with 1617 views | sfc1971 |
one big problem is the places they use for temp accomodation put them all under the same roof. not all homeless are druggies, alcoholics, thieves, ex cons or sex workers. Some have simply fallen on hard times like a broken relationship/lost a job and do not want to be housed with the above types. | |
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| Southampton High Street on 19:50 - Jul 17 with 1363 views | SFC_Fire |
I know from bitter experience this is fact. Please dont give any thing to an ex Anglian squaddie called Lee. Drug dealer recently released. We got him homed and he told us he was better off working the streets. Usually found outside boots with his smackhead missus sat just down from him | |
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| Southampton High Street on 20:50 - Jul 17 with 1320 views | DENZY |
They should go around Jeremy Corbyn's house, he likes giving stuff away for free. | |
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| Southampton High Street on 20:59 - Jul 17 with 1304 views | UTS |
Ive talked with the council a number of times about the beggars/homeless and these people choose to live on the streets. There is emgergency beds availbale but these people are sadly institutionalized in street living and not in buildings. A secondary problem is that southampton seems to have got a reputation for helping homeless and its merely brought in people that dont come from southampton. A car park in bedford place now closes early because of homeless in tents living on the upper floors.
Never give money to these people, its food and drink only. | |
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| Southampton High Street on 00:35 - Jul 19 with 1115 views | pap |
On your first point, I've got a very good mate that worked in that broad department. How well do you think it is funded? Spoiler warning: not very weill funded.
On your second point, I think the thought makes you a little happier, but deep down you don't really believe it.
It's basically the toss up between your imagination and your lying eyes.
When was the last time you walked down London Road? Will you think any differently when you see homeless people in the suburbs?
If the old maxim is true, and a society is only as strong as its weakest inhabitants, what does it say about the UK when homelessness has doubled in seven years? | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 08:41 - Jul 19 with 1057 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
Southampton really is a shocking town with very little going for it.
Why don't you all have a collection (a massive one) and get in a wold class town planner, and give him 15 years to sort it out. | |
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| Southampton High Street on 08:41 - Jul 19 with 1057 views | Ron11 |
Doubled as immigration has continued to increase virtually uncontrolled during those seven years.
Some people being allowed into the country with hardly any means of support or a job who eventually end up on the streets or setting up camp on Hyde Park for example.
Trying to blame the UK for this is like saying we are a hostile uncaring country - if that's true why do they all want to come here ?
The last time I walked down London Road, I saw some guy hassling people aggressively as they took money out of a cash point - he wasn't British and he claimed to be homeless when confronted | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 09:31 - Jul 19 with 1040 views | sfc1971 |
There is a gang of five Smack heads & alkies who claim to be homeless work the High street and Shirley. they all share two flats in Millbrook towers. | |
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| Southampton High Street on 10:04 - Jul 19 with 1022 views | saint68 |
Dirty immigrants stealing our best squatting places.
What have we done to this once proud nation. | |
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| Southampton High Street on 10:14 - Jul 19 with 1012 views | grumpy |
Whatever your views are, something should be done to clear up the City Centre.
I was in a car park near the centre the other week and someone was injecting himself, and had all his gear on the ground around him on the ground.
I know these people have their problems and life can be very hard on them, but for their sakes they need proper help and accommodation. | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 10:27 - Jul 19 with 1000 views | Ron11 |
Near the vomit and piss stained lift in East Street multi storey, a young Romanian lad sitting on the floor by the pay machines asked me for money.
When I asked whether he had tried to get a job he told me to f*ck off.
Instead of allowing them to travel freely all over Europe, why isn't EU money directed to their country to help boost job potential and their social issues instead of inflicting it on the rest of Europe? | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 10:36 - Jul 19 with 994 views | grumpy |
I saw the same one,Ron.I was with my wife who was going to pay the car park and I was going to bring the car down save her legs but felt I couldn't leave her there on her own. | | | |
| Southampton High Street on 08:11 - Jul 20 with 915 views | saint68 |
And imagine if someone inadvertently gets infected by standing on a used needle,it is not only unsightly to have these individuals loitering in such places,it is a real risk to the general public. | |
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| Southampton High Street on 11:33 - Jul 20 with 875 views | Ron11 |
Yes not a good situation.
As far as the council and police are concerned, out of sight out of mind.
And you could catch a disease inside the lift.
I wonder what visitors to Southampton think when confronted with that.... | | | |
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