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Haven’t been to high street in over a year, how is looking these days?
Mogantown as a whole goes up more notches transitioning from winter to spring than any other place I have lived. So Spring would be more of a tell but from my experiences it is significantly better since they moved the Bartlett House and stopped the needle "exchange" at Health Right. Its have not come close to its potential but I would say its trending up for the first time in a long long time. New Apothecary looks like it will be a big hit, Hotel Morgan much better. The Warner Theater purchase and planned renovation, Zeke's the murals the powerwashing, the window cleaning. Definitely trending positive.
Does anyone know why there are about 15-20 houses boarded up around the bowl on Richwood? It’s crazy to see, almost like that whole area is condemned!
Does anyone know why there are about 15-20 houses boarded up around the bowl on Richwood? It’s crazy to see, almost like that whole area is condemned!
Its is supposed to be a public private deal covering 9 to 10 acres, Biafora, Giuliani and presumably WVU with cost between $50-$80 million.
A problem that has no solution is not a problem. It becomes simply a factor of the reality of our times. Homeless people come in all forms, young, old, varying ethnicity, religion etc. some are legitimately challenged and are afflicted with mental states that inhibit their ability to pull themselves out of the mire. Others are taking a free ride, the Jack Kerouac types seeking adventure but are to lazy to earn their trips. Scattered among the homeless are angry sociopaths who are basally criminals; they are the most visible and undesirable. There are towns with big hearts who have populations willing to put up with the inconvenience of street beggars and occasionally being robbed at knife point. Other towns with more heartless populations that have devised ways to make homeless peolple very uncomfortable. Very very uncomfortable and guess what? These towns eventually "cure" the homeless problem. But who wants to live in a heartless town? Now from a live and let live perspective, neither big heart or no heart are viable options.
I like to think I have empathy for those in need of help. The problem is: It is difficult to know what constitutes help and what is simply enablement. Diane and I are considering moving to Morgantown. It has many features we like. It is discouraging to read these posts about tne growing homeless community in the town. Staunton, Va use to be our first choice to relocate to. It is similar to Morgantown but has not been discovered by the homeless yet. I haven't offered up much in the way of fixing the problem. Or is it really a problem?
A problem that has no solution is not a problem. It becomes simply a factor of the reality of our times. Homeless people come in all forms, young, old, varying ethnicity, religion etc. some are legitimately challenged and are afflicted with mental states that inhibit their ability to pull themselves out of the mire. Others are taking a free ride, the Jack Kerouac types seeking adventure but are to lazy to earn their trips. Scattered among the homeless are angry sociopaths who are basally criminals; they are the most visible and undesirable. There are towns with big hearts who have populations willing to put up with the inconvenience of street beggars and occasionally being robbed at knife point. Other towns with more heartless populations that have devised ways to make homeless peolple very uncomfortable. Very very uncomfortable and guess what? These towns eventually "cure" the homeless problem. But who wants to live in a heartless town? Now from a live and let live perspective, neither big heart or no heart are viable options.
I like to think I have empathy for those in need of help. The problem is: It is difficult to know what constitutes help and what is simply enablement. Diane and I are considering moving to Morgantown. It has many features we like. It is discouraging to read these posts about tne growing homeless community in the town. Staunton, Va use to be our first choice to relocate to. It is similar to Morgantown but has not been discovered by the homeless yet. I haven't offered up much in the way of fixing the problem. Or is it really a problem?
First, not wanting to get robbed at knife point is not heartless but I get the point you are making.
Yes, it is/was a problem. It has gotten a little better as they cut off the needle "exchange" program and have pushed back on the open drug use.
Morgantown was overly accommodating to the point of running everyone else off of downtown. Thankfully downtown is a small portion of the town. People found out real quick you can make a utopia for transient drug addicts or you can have a vibrant downtown, but you can't have both.
So here's a fun one...anybody know of anything new with the VFW site, or the big stretch from McClafferty's running through the old Shell Station site and Vick's???
Both were supposed to be bought/developed into 20+ floor mixed use building by developers from Virginia and Georgia until years of legal stalling by the local slum lords finally chased the projects into extinction.
Just curious if anything new ever materialized with those sites or if any rumors/info are out there. Total shame...there were some renderings of both projects and a lot of discussion on here.
Also, did the Warner kind of reopen or something? And any news with the old Rock Top building/site that's been dead now for years?
Those are the three areas of downtown that need something to haplen the most...total, pathetic shame that the two sites mentioned had to lose-out to local politics and game playing. Those projects could have stalled due to COVID anyway, but man...would have been game changers for downtown.
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