>We lost gobs of tenants and the riff raff tookover
Not trying to get into an argument but you are no more entitled to the city than your fellow citizens aka the "riff raff"
Not trying to get into an argument but you are no more entitled to the city than your fellow citizens aka the "riff raff"
I don't agree with use of the tongue-in-cheek term "riff raff" for unhoused people living in tents and shanties on the sideway. And I think such people deserve help.
But yes, they have less of a right to live on the sidewalk than the right of people and businesses that pay rent and expect public spaces that are usable, safe, and free of people so intoxicated that they have lost contact with reality and are not safe to be around.
Is someone living with their friends, relatives, family, entitled to less in a society?
I, a renter, can’t renovate the house I live in. The owner can. You, a house guest, can’t unilaterally decide to change my WiFi password.