DoomsdaysCW on Nostr: Whoever made the decision to move the shelter FIVE miles out of town was trying to ...

Whoever made the decision to move the shelter FIVE miles out of town was trying to kill off #Unhoused folks. Seriously! Downtown they were visible, had shelters, food bank, clothing & supplies, and a soup kitchen (and potential helpers, of which I was one). But as #PortlandME became more gentrified, they wanted to "clean-up" their image, so they moved some services 5 miles in one direction, and others 4 miles in the other direction (9 miles in total distance). Like unhoused folks have money for the bus! So yeah, I was not surprised to hear about folks freezing to death because the services were often closed, and so far away from everything!