Fucked up to say it but if they’re popping in the park and you’re on Reddit I’d guess they need that space more than you do

Wrong. People are telling OP directly to go pick up the trash and then when the trash returns to go back out and pick it up again. Example:

"What if you quit crying about the state of the park and go and pick up some trash?...and then do it again."-Unlucky-Sir322

People are also calling OP a NYMBY, a liar, and dismissing him potentially stepping in human shit (aka a biohazard) as not that big a deal. Let me know if you want me to pull further quotes from the thread. Your lack of reading comprehension is "silly."

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Mods should pull this down. Even if OP is sincere it’s irresponsible to keep this up

start skateboarding and head to your local skatepark?

I also thought the library suggestion was good

It’s almost as if this is a community platform where people could brainstorm and organize…

Pointing out the issues at play is not putting personal responsibility on OP, and no one is telling them to learn to appreciate piles of excrement. It’s a matter of either accepting the situation, or encouraging political leaders to make more meaningful and sustainable changes to assist local unhoused and vulnerable populations.

People have encouraged organizing a trash clean up, but your spin on this is silly.

This one kills me can't you just put it on the menu at Garden Grille.

Now that I think about it's ok. I already have to resist eating 5000 calories a day from Rasoi just as well not to have that temptation so close.

lollol

Didn’t they move a bunch of the folks who had been camping in front of the state house to the armory as a winter shelter several weeks ago? Wouldn’t that explain part of it?

Many shelters have weird rules and curfews— like they don’t want folks hanging around inside the building during the day if the weather isn’t cold, but they have to be in a shelter by a certain time if they want to sleep there. So you have a bunch of unhoused folks who get tied to an area they can’t stray too far from, or they’ll lose their chance at a secure location to sleep at night.

I warned them and then decided to look at their posts. I'm not entirely sure this is even a teenager. People are fucking disgusting.

Yeah I agree with everything you said. I’m in a place like you described where rent hasn’t gone up in the three years I’ve been here because the owner knows it’s more important to keep good tenants than to squeeze every dollar out. However I’m in Maryland and we want to move to Providence to be closer to family. We have an owner virtually showing us a 2 bed room on Rochambeau Ave tomorrow and he straight up told us that he listed it for $2,600 to weed people out but is happy to negotiate on price “for the right person”….luckily for me and my girlfriend we fit that bill but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth when people say the quiet part out loud.

If you hear of anything opening up this spring/summer (honestly April - July, we’re flexible) we’d love the tip! 😉

You want people to give you the benefit of the doubt—to believe that you’re looking for an even-handed discussion of the issue. But then you talk about people who use the warming station like they’re animals. It’s clear you’re not coming to this discussion in good faith, so I see no point to engaging further.

found the pedo

I recommend the library. They have a lot of cool classes for all ages. You can learn some new hobbies and meet new friends in a safe place

I've read through the comments. The posters here have some wonderful and extremely realistic suggests for you:

1. Pick up the trash created by the homeless people in your neighborhood. (I noticed nobody has been bold enough to suggest that you pick up the actual shit.)
2. Personally take care of the homeless somehow. (Unless you are a medical or psychological professional I don't really see how that's possible.)
3. Reimagine your preconceived notions regarding human feces. It's not so bad, in fact, it adds character to the city! Try to appreciate the excrement. And most importantly NEVER complain about it.
4. Overthrow capitalism and install a new economic and political system.

what industry do your friends work in because that is not true at all

Seconding being careful about meeting someone online. Have you checked out the Y? That might be a good option to meet people.

Idk cause I'm on my 20's. But one thing that really helped me was online games. Some are way too toxic or just intense like CSGO or LoL. But lots of others like GTA/Minecraft are a space where otherwise shy ppl have a common lowkey activity as an excuse to make friends. Might seem orthogonal to the goal of meeting people in your area but it helps build the confidence for more meaningful connections to grow.

I think an important step to feeling less lonely and more connected is to foster/appreciate the passing, surface level connections. Whatever your backstory is, you can always hold hope that you'll build towards a healthy connection with your community.

The Patio is moving in there - they have signs up in the windows looking to hire.

Only since 2005

Edit: no my first apartment here was 2002! De Pasquale ave!

Be careful. There are people online who will claim to be someone/ something they're not.

And human feces.

The thing about these types of places is that they never have planned openings-- just randomly people leave after like 5 years and something gets posted one day online. These places are never, ever corporate buildings its always small LL who maybe do it because they're laid back and don't have a high mortgage, just want to checkout with low turnover tenants, or they're just balancing costs with low passive income to play the equity game/live for free in building.

A lot of these things are done through networks of their friends or colleagues before going to market-- I've lived in buildings where I happened to be the only person who didn't know the owner ahead of time. As housing gets more difficult, I feel like this gets more common. I have a friend who has a multifamily that was like 150-200k, so she only charges 1600 for a 3 bedroom to a local family. Could she charge more? Yeah, but she's an awesome person and she isn't fixated on maximizing her investment since she's happy with some side income, helping a good family, and living in the other unit.

So my only advice is to sort by new, spend time like a full time job, and be the first to contact. I actually saw multiple extremely cheap/updated places (like 1500/2bed) and viewed them, but I wasn't always fast enough. Also, if you work locally and have a community here already, chances are you have a whole network to draw from if you need help.

Oh and look before you need to move. It's worth having an overlapping lease. My current place was listed 5 days before the lease started-- If I had to be out of my current place by end of the month, I would have already committed somewhere hastily like musical chairs. Having time gives you options-- don't expect a great place and flawless lease overlap.

I did the same thing on the sidewalk in front of my apartment not even a week ago. I DO have narcan in my truck at all times and since it was right in front of my house, my truck was right there. Someone else stopped to help me and administered the narcan for me because I never had before and I wanted to see it done. Guy came to and went away in an ambulance.

And yeah I don't walk my dog in the area anymore. Constantly have to direct him around broken glass and stop him from eating garbage.

Everyone in this post turning a blind eye to a legitimate issue:

** (Dog at table while kitchen is on fire meme) **

"THIS IS FINE"