What is going on?! (Greenville, York: shop, to move, eat)

[Sonrise]

Originally Posted by gmward

I'm homeless by the way; I have access from the library. Kind of hard to enjoy the city when you don't have money wouldn't you say? I would also state that people who come on here to respond saying ,"oh it's just your perception" probably have never been homeless before. went to college, couldn't pay loans, now I'm on the streets; Greenville doesn't do much for homeless people here because it categorizes us with meth heads and prostitutes.

I'm sorry to hear that, truly. How are the missions here? What do you need to get back on your feet? Are you struggling with any addictions? I know there are people that care and want to help.

[Greenville]

Originally Posted by Sonrise

I'm sorry to hear that, truly. How are the missions here? What do you need to get back on your feet? Are you struggling with any addictions? I know there are people that care and want to help.

Miracle Hill Ministries does a lot of great things in the Greenville metro area, including the Greenville Rescue Mission on Washington Street across from the main post office. They give people a hot meal and place to sleep, and work to place willing participants in classes to learn a skill. Very, very good organization we can all feel proud to have in Greenville.

[Sashasings]

gsupstate - The upstate is my home (generations) and I do love the upstate and western NC...as you do. The original post was about Falls Church teens and crime is mentioned throughout the posts. Or maybe it was fear of crime b/c of the teens gathering. Everything is relative to the original post.... Lack of parental involvement and state funded programs for kids, and huge increases in population to the region, and higher un-employment ....all are the original causes of the problems we read about today in the newspapers. So how do we in SC make things better? What can be done? You have to look at the whole picture....bored teens, crime and poverty are only symptoms. It is relative to bring in the other topics if you really want to solve the problems. Any ideas for "fixing" the problems?

[p2y2r7o]

Originally Posted by Sashasings

gsupstate - The upstate is my home (generations) and I do love the upstate and western NC...as you do. The original post was about Falls Church teens and crime is mentioned throughout the posts. Or maybe it was fear of crime b/c of the teens gathering. Everything is relative to the original post.... Lack of parental involvement and state funded programs for kids, and huge increases in population to the region, and higher un-employment ....all are the original causes of the problems we read about today in the newspapers. So how do we in SC make things better? What can be done? You have to look at the whole picture....bored teens, crime and poverty are only symptoms. It is relative to bring in the other topics if you really want to solve the problems. Any ideas for "fixing" the problems?

You're a little off here...the original post is not about Falls Church teens. It's about teens hanging out at Falls Park, which is the park downtown at the west end.

[Sashasings]

Where would you like the "thugs" to hang out? Drive them out of downtown ...to where? Maybe some of the churches will allow them to hang out there at night? The schools can't do it b/c they are already strapped for money with recent budget cuts.
Who will drive them out of the city? Do we have enough police force with all of the state's budget cuts? The cities and counties are suffering b/c of these budget cuts.
How can you involve the parents....to take care of their children? Are there any jobs for these kids?
Call Gov. Mark Sanford....He had an "open door" policy at one time....and said he wanted to hear from folks. Call your state-elected officials and ask them what the heck is going on....

[Sashasings]

Oops! Falls Park....not Falls Church.

"Police patrol Falls Park amid complaints of teens hanging out"

GreenvilleOnline.com


Published: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 8:50 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 8:50 a.m.
Responding to complaints of misbehavior caused by unsupervised teens, a large force of Greenville police officers patrolled Falls Park Saturday night.

[g-vegas]

Originally Posted by Sashasings

Oops! Falls Park....not Falls Church.

"Police patrol Falls Park amid complaints of teens hanging out"

GreenvilleOnline.com


Published: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 8:50 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 8:50 a.m.
Responding to complaints of misbehavior caused by unsupervised teens, a large force of Greenville police officers patrolled Falls Park Saturday night.

Um what?

[jbar1]

Originally Posted by Sashasings

How can you involve the parents....to take care of their children?

Your kidding right?

[Greenville]

Originally Posted by Sashasings

gsupstate - The upstate is my home (generations) and I do love the upstate and western NC...as you do. The original post was about Falls Church teens and crime is mentioned throughout the posts.

When did the Virginia DC suburbs become relevant to this discussion?

[waccamatt]

Originally Posted by gsupstate

What does ANY of the last several post have to do with the original posters question about Falls park / Teenagers. This seems to have become a "dump all" thread. Where are the moderaters?

The moderators work during the day. The thread is being cleaned up.