1. Fewer bike lanes
2. ??????
3. Homelessness solved!

I would point out that, in terms of the budget, bike lanes and housing have nothing to do with each other. If you’re directing funds away from anything it’s travel lanes for cars, not public housing or shelters.

Denmark. Capitalism is not designed to help the houseless

They would. Sneaky bastards.

UNLESS bike lanes are holding onto the solution and they’re just not sharing it. Damn it. Believe in something.

Since when? Have not seen this and run there most weeks. Not disagreeing just wondering if it is a very recent event.

I’m sure they meant “and less bike paths”

Unless bike lanes do what?

There were homeless here and there on the bike path a couple of years ago, with the most off in the woods near the base of the stuck-up railroad bridge, but others near the Woonasquatucker greenway on occasion.

Come to think of it they were set up under the bridge near the stairway going up to the area you're talking about a few years back too.

I work in Providence and take walks around the city regularly.

The homeless issue in Providence is minimal compared to the homeless issue in other cities. In the last few months I’ve been to New Orleans, Baltimore, and Washington DC. The homeless situation there is far worse than what we have in Providence.

Yes, it’s still an issue and people shouldn’t be homeless. It’s not an easy fix. But did you know that Rhode Island was the first state to pass a Homeless Bill of Rights?

https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/hpr-resources/rhode-island-homeless-bill-rights

As we improve conditions for the homeless in Rhode Island, we keep getting more homeless bussed here from other cities and states.

https://www.golocalprov.com/news/is-nyc-shipping-its-homeless-a-big-deal-some-ri-mayors-think-so

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There are plenty of homeless people in non-capitalist places. I grew up in a communist country and homelessness there was far worse. But I hear your point about how intractable the problem is and how states have few good options. Is there a place that has a good handle on the problem? Maybe we can learn from them.

I agree. We spend more money on antihomeless architecture than trying to address the problems that force people into homelessness.

There are now people tenting on the bike path on the linear bridge from prov to east prov.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjWx3hLMKqR/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=

Submit your testimony to city council to say no to tax breaks for the Superman building!

You can call Brown Medicine and find out which of their doctors are taking new patients and at which locations, then read their bios and choose one. It may be a while until you have your first physical, but once you're on the books as a patient, you have access for sick visits and prescriptions if you need them.

I have found that your mother works for me. Want her number?

Its easy to say “fix homelessness” but its not such a simple problem. This isn’t just a Rhode Island thing either, the west coast has way more homelessness.

Not sure individual states can fix what is essentially a product of capitalism.

You might want to try finding a pro bono lawyer:

https://www.causeiq.com/directory/legal-aid-organizations-list/rhode-island-state/

Lawyers work for you and will help you manage risk and choose the appropriate action. There are likely laws and services you don't know about that a layer will.

Switch to Verizon they will wire it for free with installation

Please go back to elementary school and learn the definition of temporary.

The only reason I haven't gotten one yet, is because I just can't afford to move right now. I am only just starting to recover from job loss during the epidemic, which unfortunately depleted my entire savings account while I kept looking for works (I'm a freelance web developer). So - ya know, unfortunately, I can't just piss the landlord off by reporting him or complaining, without running the risk of also getting kicked out, with no where to go, in the early stages of winter, in Rhode Island.

Sounds like you need a lawyer, because more than one of the things you listed make your apartment uninhabitable.

I am actually convinced that he will do certain things to the building, or impose some kind of restriction in some way, just to get the tenants to pay for things he doesn't want to pay for - like cable or internet or wire fishing.

Hell, he doesn't even perform repairs. If there's something that needs to be replaced or fixed in our apartments, he requires that we call the office first, get an estimate on how much it will cost, and then pay to have it taken care of by one of their own contractors.

He cares so little about his tenants that it's unbelievable. I had a hole open up in my ceiling that's two feet wide by a foot across, because the upstairs neighbor's sink and toilet were flowing through the broken pipes, which drained water directly into my bedroom below. There was one point where it was an actual torrential downpour and several gallons of water were poured all over the floor from the broken pipes, onto the wood floorboars.

It took a month and a half to get the pipes fixed. The hole in the ceiling is still there and I don't suspect that he will be sending anyone by to patch it up, despite saying that he would. It's been over a month since it was fixed. When the plumber showed up to fix the pipes, I showed him the video of the downpour that happened and his first response was, "You should've shown this to the landlord," and I said BITCH, I DID, A MONTH AGO.

My stove stopped working in March of this year. That's still not fixed either, and I've given up on trying to get anyone here to fix it. I now cook on an induction burner, an electric skillet, an air fryer and a panini press, because I can't use the stove or oven and don't own a microwave.

The guy that lives below me has mice that make their way up the pipes in the walls to the second and third floors every spring and winter. For a good 2-3 weeks there is solid mouse activity for a month or so, at least. We've complained, but he's never done anything about it. He just insists that we're slobs and the mice come in because of that, not because it's cold outside and they're looking for warmth and food. I'm OCD. There is never, NEVER, anything in my house that a mouse should be looking for, but they make their way up anyway.

Last winter, my heater broke. For the majority of the last two months of 20-30F weather temps, it was 55F in my apartment, at all times. Sometimes colder. I remember because I would look at the thermostat and try in vain to turn the heater on just to warm the place up a LITTLE bit, but it didn't work. Obviously.

There's several other things I could name off, but I feel like this gives a good impression of the kind of asshole he is. I've got Verizon coming on Friday to see if they can hook up internet for me without needing to run a cable on the outside of the building. Hopefully they can, because I can't keep using my mobile hotspot to work. Even these last two days, due to my needing to use the hotspot to work, my phone bills has doubled. Typically it's around $85. At the moment, it's sitting at almost $200.

I fucking hate this guy, but haven't been able to move just yet. Though I have plans to in the near future. I have never dealt with a shittier landlord, ever.

Does he think the earth is flat and pizza gate was real? I’ve read about so many weird landlords on here lately.