Huntington WV Riverfront Homeless Evicted from 'Tent City'

[asscat77]

thanks for tearin down our F-Shacks- DIRTY MIKE and THE BOYS

[reshef1285]

OK you know why we have so many homeless people in Huntington? Because we have so many government housing and we let people live off the government letting the rest of us pay for the roofs over their heads, and when they cant get that "free ride" any more they just pack up and move to a park, and live in a tent...They have no desire to improve themselves with education. No Desire to pay taxes or to live by the rules. This push to get them out is good. Make them get off their butts and get a job.

[nowthatsinteresting1]

I read that 1 person in 3 in this town suffers from depression. There's something wrong when a town with so much going for it is left to rot like this.

[jreaper86]

theyre not helping the homeless theyre just kicking em out of the only place they had to stay. ive met some of these homeless guys and they are really good people. and so what if they drink all the time. if you was homeless youd wana escape reality too. and fuck this wanna be reporter.

[FireScorpion343]

@jreaper86 Their not just drunk, kids who wanted a cheap thrill would go there and mess with them and then fights broke out. Not only that some were bugging the parents who brought their small children there at the park, which really what parent wants a homeless man/woman around their kids (sadly most peopel think that way) Plus people go there and sell drugs and pay the homeless to be look outs, they are part of a bigger problem in that area thats why they were forced out.

[xtiml]

I dont think there is a lot of crime going on in the bushes after dark,

[GnomenKlayture]

At least Huntington has a heart, unlike St. Petersburg, FL: / / 3w's . you tube . com / watch?v = LrPdZmPB36U

[nester119]

Huntington will rise again...she is a very walkable town ,along a river,and she is surrounded by fertile farmland. The soil there is black,rich and doesn't need much added to it. The railroads lead to and from her and she is one of the largest port cities along the Ohio that feeds the Mississippi! There are steel plants ,mills,...coal is mined nearby...sidewalks are plentiful...under the ugly old industrial "barn" houses are gas pipes that heat them in the winter.

[kma367blue]

HUNTINGTON HAS A NUMBER OF AGENCYS WHICH WILL AND DO HELP THE HOMELESS BUT THEY HAVE TO DO THERE PART AND FOLLOW A PROGRAM THERE IS HELP OUTTHERE MAKE THE MOST OF IT

[reshef1285]

@kma367blue thats the problem. MOST (not all) but most of these people just want a free ride, with no strings attached. Things handed to them. Well they SHOULD WORK for what they want, and not lay around until someone else gets tired of their stink and decide to give them something to just get them to go away. I admire those who are homeless that had no choice in the matter, but it hasn't stopped them from TRYING to get back up out of the gutter. Those that do want to improve, will...

[jarnazzi1969]

Huntington is a ghost of it's former self. I grew up there, remember the good times & people. It breaks my heart to vist her now. Where there used to be business, now empty lots and gang grafitii sprayed on abandoned buildings. Young people have little opportunity to live here. Only hope is to leave like I did 20 years ago to find a better life somewere else. I dont blame it on local goverment. I place blame on the Federal Goverment, for Sending our jobs overseas and destroying our Economy.

[marshall2411]

@jarnazzi1969 Right, but who knows, maybe it will get better?

[marshall2411]

@jarnazzi1969 I remember when I was a kid,they had so many stores downtown to shop for clothes. Almost all are gone today, but it always angered my family and I knowing that theyput the mall in Barboursville instead of where it should have went, right downtown Huntington, it would have been just like Charleston.Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the taxes on businesses were always high, and the lady, the mayor for so many years refused to lower taxes on them, forcing thm out, along with NAFTA

[speck444]

bunch of drunks

[streetfightspdx]

Fuck the Law, Squat the Land!!!!!!

When you outsource all the jobs and replace them with prison inmates and people working in other countries then flood the country with CIA drugs like heroin and cocaine, Homelessness is one of the side effects....Your country has been sold to the highest bidders, Multinational Corporations, and the Elite Corporate Fascists.

[roger6060]

@streetfightspdx What proof do you have?

[streetfightspdx]

@roger6060

Check out the Clip ---"Government Admits they Deal Heroin"---- on youtbe and ----"Afghan Warlords: Afghanistan"---- from journeymanpictures....There is tons of proof out there...

[roger6060]

@streetfightspdx I hear what you're saying, but you still haven't shown any proof.

I know during the 70's blacks claimed the CIA was sending Cocaine to the inner cities, but were unable to prove.

It's like the people that claim that the Gov't made Aides.

[streetfightspdx]

@roger6060

Judging by the quickness of your response you didn't even watch those clips...Did you see that clip with Geraldo? ...Freeway Ricky was dealing Crack and Cocaine for the CIA in the 80's....The Iran-Contra exposed massive drug dealing by the CIA and the Military in the 80's....Remember that guy Oliver North??...He's got a radio show now, he used to be involved in CIA Cocaine Dealing Operations, all this has been proven....If you look for the info you will find it.

[mediumsexyjay]

if they dont leave the cops will beat them up and some politicians even jail guards are crooked that's why i moved last week out of Huntington you usually see corruption like this in big cities glad i left!

[xShizerx]

Well im from huntingtion and know a few of these people that where ran off and the only thing they are going to do is go to the mountains. I don't think they understand how vast this state is and that they don't (Or shoudnt) own the river bank they way they put out they do. Just reminds of the old days where this wouldn't be an issue but then again we didnt have all the drugs that we do now that made half of them homeless in the first place

[sanluisskywatch]

9/11 was an inside job.

The rest is peripheral damage.

[louis12346]

Give them a Global Carbon Tax and then Fine Them $25,000 for not having Health Care that's Peloski ,Reid & Boxer Method

[jjthorneswifey]

I used to talk to the homless guy Anthony. he's pretty cool though. lol

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[burdto]

This is my home town and all these people have no where to go

[powdersprings30127]

Hey, you think a few tents at the Riverfront Park is bad? Come to Atlanta! There's at least literally 20,000 estimated bums downtown here - that's nearly half the entire population of Huntington - fun fun fun!

[BawbyLee]

What would Jesus do? You freaking hypocrites. There's a church on every corner in Huntington and there's no other option for these people but to boot them out? Good piece, by the way.

[timin770]

get a job, you bums

[sunlitstormclouds]

The homeless mission was corrupt. A very sick female Operation Desert Storm vet was living in those woods. Her and her husband chose to do that rather than live in the mission, or werent permitted to.

[sunlitstormclouds]

Food was expensive, as well. A can of Juicy Juice was about $3. Its less than that where I currently live nearly 10 years later, plus there was sales tax on food in WV. The public housing wasn't fit to live in. There were many nice people there who didn't cause any trouble, but the handful of trouble makers got away with making all kinds of noise 24/7, making it hard to get up and do anything constructive in the morning.

[sunlitstormclouds]

In fact, it often seemed as if the scum were catered to and many of the decent people without means were held down or at least pushed aside, not just by the riff raff, but by some parties in a position to help them! A lot of disadvantaged decent people would fall by the wayside there. Apartments were expensive for an area with so many low income people. A single room, no kitchen, share a bathroom, was $200 a month even back then.

[sunlitstormclouds]

I can't blame the homeless for living there. It is the most appealing place to live in Huntington if you have no roof over your head. I blame the system for allowing the decent among them to fall through the cracks. Some choose to live that way rather than get help, but others are not helped when they ask. However, it's not a safe place to live! There are dangerous elements hanging around there.

[sunlitstormclouds]

Also, every spring there is danger of flooding from the Ohio River and they are on the wrong side of that flood wall to be protected.

[sunlitstormclouds]

I really feel for any decent person who doesnt have much income in Huntington. I lived there from 1995 to 1999. There are a lot of decent people, however, when you fall through the cracks, you end up at the mercy of the dangerous people. If you didn't have much money, it was hard to get away from the clutches of the bad elements. They would always have the upper hand in the less desirable venues. It wasnt just due to street smarts or ruthlessness, either.

[joekatyfitch07]

huntington is a great place. people just treat the homeless like they want to be there. maybe some do but others dont have a choice.

[susiecollins1959]

I love helping them but there are some you have to be careful especially when the Fair comes to town. It's not our own you have to watch for, but those strangers that come to town too.

[souljantz]

Thank you for posting this video, I am probably moving to huntington in about 3 months and I am really worried about what I saw when visiting the town, I would love to get there and get involved to help the ones that want to be helped. cheers!

[susiecollins1959]

Sweetheart, you better have alot of money to help these people. The gas price are more than what some make an hour. They are selling drugs, robbing people just to make it. Feeding their famileies. They are scared people. Dont know what to do and going in the wrong directions, not meaning too. Good luck!