Philadelphia Kensington Avenue, "Highlight" for the month of July.

[Swede]

We have really lost our way.

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[BumRushDaShow]

1. The city has had multiple outreach organizations working with these people

the past year and cleared them out to shelters just yesterday, directing some into other options (including counseling) - https://www.fox29.com/news/crews-clear-homeless-encampment-in-kensington-help-residents-find-housing

Some more background - https://kensingtonvoice.com/en/kensington-philadelphia-city-council/

As a sidenote, my first job right out of college almost 40 years ago when I was looking for a permanent job, was as a per-diem substitute teacher for the public schools here in Philly. The Kensington neighborhood, along with Port Richmond, were part of the area of the city where I was called to sub (at the junior and senior high levels), including doing a long term sub stint at the then Kensington High, which was recently converted into a specialty magnet high school (for creative and performing arts).

[johnthewoodworker]

2. Being a know retired RN from the Milwaukee County crisis mobile team I will say that I

worked till 2013 with the mentally ill/AODA folks. This film is frustrating and morbidly familiar to my old world.

[Hulk]

3. This is our America today...

I grew up in Portland, Oregon. I've come back every year for a time, and each time i come home, I am more and more depressed and discouraged. We have tents and people living along the freeways, under overpasses, along main arterial routes in the city, down residential areas less traveled, and even living on the streets of our down town center. It is downright scary. And what I saw in this video, looks an awful lot like Portland, Oregon...and many other cities, particularly along the Pacific coast...with our mild climate.

Something needs to be done. It is getting worse each day. And many of these "street people" are mentally ill, addicted to drugs, unhealthy for the communities they inhabit. The garbage piles up near them, and the city does nothing to clean up after their discards.

America has got a real problem with housing. Many people simply can't afford rent to live inside. Social services are available, but they don't address this onslaught of population. These are some extremely dangerous times we live in. Watching this video is not a lot different from what i see just outside my front door.

[The Jungle 1]

4. Thanks Afghanistan.

The sewer that is Afghanistan supplies 90% of the heroin world wide.