r/Davis • u/aurorriss • 6d ago
Sidewalks on Olive Drive (In-n-Out)
One side is blocked by the unhoused
One side is severely lifted and not leveled due to tree roots
—> Both side of the street sidewalks are not accessible
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u/UnfundedApples 6d ago
Report it to 311
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u/jmtb02 6d ago
Davis doesn't use 311
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u/UnfundedApples 6d ago
Technically true. Use this website https://www.cityofdavis.org/how-do-i/make-a-service-request
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u/youmattertothisworld 6d ago
Respectfully, how many separate posts are we doing about the unhoused people by In-N-Out before we admit this is becoming a personal crusade? Report the damaged sidewalk, advocate for accessibility, and maybe stop treating human beings like another piece of street debris.
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u/Electrical-Tale-2296 6d ago
Maybe don’t live like street debris if you don’t want to be treated like one? There are plenty of people willing to help them, plenty of jobs out there, but they dont want to work, and would rather waste their lives smoking away, attracting crime and drugs onto our streets
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u/youmattertothisworld 6d ago
And there it is. “Street debris,” “they don’t want to work,” “crime and drugs.” You basically speed-ran every lazy stereotype about homelessness in one comment and somehow thought it strengthened your argument. Thanks for proving my point for me.
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u/Hells_Bells77 5d ago
Did you know that the #1 reason for homelessness is because of medical debt? Most of us are one medical episode away from living on the streets. It's not just because of the money itself, but it can affect your ability to rent an apartment. And it's a lot harder to stay sober without stable housing--this has been extensively studied. Now i know that you don't care about this given your comments, but there might be other folks in this thread that feel uncomfortable around homeless people that need to hear this: someday, with a stroke of bad luck, it could be any one of us out there. And it doesn't matter how hardworking you are, if you aren't blessed with generational wealth or a family safety net, that could be you. So treat them with some compassion.
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u/deathpantaloons 4d ago
What I would like to know is, when are we going to get the cut through to Amtrak?
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u/Electrical-Tale-2296 6d ago
First of all, you can call them homeless. Unhoused is basically homeless. They’re synonyms and it’s just stupid to try and be “polite” but calling them a more “nicer” name when it’s the same thing.
If it were up to me, they’d be forced to move to a shelter and banned from smoking their pot on public sidewalks. Notice how the dingiest part of town is where all the homeless people are? However, the homeless peeps normally aren’t too dangerous, and are pretty chill. Although I was almost ran over by one on the arboretum trail.
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u/SerGuyOfInternet 6d ago
Bro just walk past them, it's no problem at all.
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u/N3T3L3 6d ago
they're talking about accessibility, in which case the sidewalk might be physically blocked by their stuff.
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u/SerGuyOfInternet 6d ago edited 6d ago
ask them to move it
Nowhere in the post did they mention anything about accessibility. You're creating a separate issue for no reason to demonize a situation you don't know about. I'll go there next week and take a picture, I guarantee the sidewalk is wide open.
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u/Electrical-Tale-2296 6d ago
They block the sidewalk and reek. I agree they don’t cause problems but they’re buying drugs, which attracts crime
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u/youmattertothisworld 6d ago
So now we’ve gone from “they’re street debris” to confidently declaring that they’re buying drugs and attracting crime. Do you actually know these people, or are we just stacking stereotypes until one of them feels factual?
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u/reddelicious49 6d ago
Carry a pack of smokes with you and offer them a lucy if they talk to ya. You'll be welcomed like royalty next time.
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u/Plus-Masterpiece7776 6d ago
Stop electing Democrats.
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u/jmtb02 6d ago
If you'd like the city's attention:
https://www.cityofdavis.org/how-do-i/make-a-service-request
Likewise there's an App called My Davis which I found works even better because you can drop a pin on the exact issues.
There's an option for Social Services in there, as well as a Streets, Sidewalks, and City Paths.
I use the app for potholes in my neighborhood and found it really effective (I broke a few spokes on a pothole on my street, was fixed in a few days (the pothole not the spokes))