Highland Deac
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So what you’re saying is liberal cities (big or midsized cities) are more compassionate than conservative cities, like wilkesboro or franklin. Interesting.
Interesting that you mention Wilkesboro. The good folks living just north of North Wilkesboro have forced a longtime homeless shelter to close, because of complaints (no evidence provided) that it "contributed to making the community a center of people dealing with substance abuse issues, homelessness and poverty. Residents and others have complained about people, who they believe are homeless, being on their property and leaving trash and their clothes there."
It is the only homeless shelter in all of Wilkes County, and has been located in the same building for 31 years. Not surprisingly, one of the ringleaders in getting the shelter closed is an associate pastor of an Evangelical Church in the community, Tim Byrd. Also not surprisingly, his mother is the building owner who chose to close the shelter after 31 years. The good Rev. Byrd is also opposed to the Homeless Shelter Board in Wilkes building a new, larger $500,000 shelter in North Wilkesboro. At least large cities like Seattle are trying to help the homeless, while all those compassionate and neighborly small-town Evangelicals have adopted a NIMBY attitude, apparently.
Link: https://www.journalpatriot.com/news...cle_7a388168-ce4a-11e9-a1da-eb2c633ef3f0.html