[jiggliemon]

I live on the border of an urban forest.

I’ve come to realize that urban forests double as homeless camps. My homeless camp has is rife with crime, drug over doses, violence and fire. Last month I’ve had a leaf blower stolen, my car window broken, and an explosion due to them throwing a propane tank into a camp fire.

Since they’re tucked into a forest - the city won’t take any action. The city does take action on homeless camps that are more visible. I don’t mean to conflate urban forests with homelessness. However that’s very much the case here in Austin, Tx.

[UtopiaPunk]

"I don’t mean to conflate urban forests with homelessness."

"I’ve come to realize that urban forests double as homeless camps."

You typed both of these sentences in the same post. One of them needs to be removed, because they don't make sense together.

[sph]

If you have homelessness problems, it is not because of urban forests, and the solution is not having as few forests and parks as possible.

[xtracto]

That was my experience when I visited to California when traveling to the USA. I remember a nice town called Santa Cruz, with really nice parks in Google Maps, but once I took a walk in one of them an it was super scary, full of tents and homeless people that seemed either drug users or just bad in their head.

[aetherspawn]

Yes agree, they recently opened up a small forest near me and yes, it’s just full of homeless people and their piles of trash and we can’t walk through it feeling safe anymore.