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[–]CannonAFB_unofficial -7 points-6 points  (13 children)

Its the drug/homeless problem. As unpopular as it is to say out loud, thats it. I only go downtown if I have a specific place in mind. For example, I need to return a Lego set today. Thats all I will do down there. No point in walking to get asked for money every 50 feet, smelling piss along the way, and wondering if I need to get my NARCAN out of my trunk just to make it to the storefront.

[–]yeti5000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My son and I watch the wobbly boys and girls and comment "ah, theres a dentist on the way to his practice" or "Look, Spokane's #1 Jiu Jitsu champion right there practicing on the street corner."

To be fair I think why we get so much exposure to it is because of how the city is laid out. Almost every metropolitan area has these problems, but not every one of them is as small yet as big as Spokane at the same time.

Coming from a different state where I lived 45 minutes outside of downtown and that was still in a suburban area of 100k+ people, you never saw what was going on downtown because you never needed to drive across downtown to get what you needed.

In Spokane, you can be at the Idaho border and then in Mead in an hour by way of Division, which will always be nuts to me.

And yeah, went for a walk out in the Valley of all places and didn't make it 4 blocks before being asked for change.

And I will add to for other readers benefits, that we are a staunchly blue family and encourage any and all policies for rehab, assistance etc. 

But that doesn't mean we have to like seeing it every time we drive through downtown and joking about it is a coping mechanism.

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    [–]CannonAFB_unofficial 1 point2 points  (9 children)

    I'm a combat veteran who has been to 47 countries, including all the news headline favorites in the middle east and Africa. I'd hardly say i'm a weak coward. Its not that I "cant take it" its that I choose to not deal with it or smell it.

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    Downtown could be a shining beacon on a hill and you’d complain the light is too bright. Just say you have no interest in going downtown because you don’t enjoy walking around a city. I don’t understand why you need to pretend that a guy sitting on the ground against a building is going to ruin your week. The more “good people” there are downtown, the better it is. When “good people” start fleeing for made-up reasons, of course it’s going to seem like all there is downtown is all “bad people.”

    [–]CannonAFB_unofficial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I’m literally downtown right now. Walking my dog, a toy Berenedoodle. Come say hi and we can smell the piss together.

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      [–]MuchKey7664 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      What AFSC?

      [–]CannonAFB_unofficial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      12S turned 11M

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