No shit. Policing and public transit in America is broken. If the city wants to "improve public transit" anywhere near your home you should be moving ASAP before this happens to your neighborhood.
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>Vagrants and drug abusers have appeared on a millionaire-filled island days after the opening of a tram link to downtown Seattle that residents tried desperately to block.
Mercer Island's light rail station only opened on Saturday, amid howls of outrage from well-heeled locals who feared an influx of social issues from Seattle's famously rough city center seven miles away.
Just days into the opening of the new Sound Transit extension, local police reports show that is exactly what happened.
The train line has already been hit with several instances of homeless drug users riding onto the beautiful, water-surrounded enclave, including the first recorded overdose on the train's first day.
No shit. Policing and public transit in America is broken. If the city wants to "improve public transit" anywhere near your home you should be moving ASAP before this happens to your neighborhood.
Archive: https://archive.today/fBL3T
From the post:
>>Vagrants and drug abusers have appeared on a millionaire-filled island days after the opening of a tram link to downtown Seattle that residents tried desperately to block.
Mercer Island's light rail station only opened on Saturday, amid howls of outrage from well-heeled locals who feared an influx of social issues from Seattle's famously rough city center seven miles away.
Just days into the opening of the new Sound Transit extension, local police reports show that is exactly what happened.
The train line has already been hit with several instances of homeless drug users riding onto the beautiful, water-surrounded enclave, including the first recorded overdose on the train's first day.
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