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After living in Venice Beach for a year in a neighborhood with a lot of RV/car-camping & scattered tents, I've come to the conclusion that homeless communities are really variable. I actually felt safer there walking home at night *because* of the homeless. Not so here.
Thefts seemed a lot less common. I never saw a broken window. The homeless people there seemed more integrated into local goings-on. Some of the guys who lived in tents on my street brought their dogs to the dog park & they played w/ housed people's dogs while we all talked, etc.
People in homes & on the streets could actually like & respect each other. Homeless people are 24/7 eyes on the streets that could make communities safer. But I think that requires addressing criminal behavior while leaving people alone when they're just peacefully existing
I was thinking about it last night and wondering if I presented a false premise—good chance the people breaking into cars mostly aren't homeless. my friend caught a guy in the act of stealing worthless stuff from her car, he was just some total moron, not homeless
I think a lot of these car thefts are worked by people who've essentially professionalized the endeavor & probably aren't homeless. But when property crime is basically ignored, the homeless who do it are super visible. The tent camp w an open air bike chop shop is really obvious
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