San Francisco auditorium uses chain saws nightly to disperse homeless

[Onkel Neal]

Haha, this is great.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/02...ess/?hpt=hp_c3

Between 20 and 40 homeless had been hanging out and sleeping at Civic Center Park, and according to the newspaper, it was a source of frustration for police, the mayor, the city Recreation and Parks Commission and the concert promotion outfit, Another Planet Entertainment, which operates the auditorium. To combat this scourge, Another Planet began using the building's outside speakers to blare a cacophony of the world's most jarring noises - chainsaws, motorcycles, jackhammers, an aircraft carrier alarm - in hopes of shooing the homeless off of its stoop.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that homeless need a place to stay and I sympathize with that. I just never accepted that they can camp out wherever they want in public places with their crap and beggary. Never understood why anyone would want to, either. If I'm homeless, I'm looking for a less public place so people won't stare at me or throw things at me.

Quality of life citations?

The whiff of urine in the street, the drunk on the sidewalk, and the aggressive panhandler are constant reminders that San Francisco can't seem to get a handle on the challenge of deadbeats who loiter on the city's sidewalks. If we forget, we're reminded by tourists who came to what they thought was a world-class city.
"How can you expect people to pay to come into a city that is awash in fifth and slime?" one wrote me last year. "No thank you. I will stay as far away from the city as possible."

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