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View Poll Results: Are you against anti-panhandling laws?
100% Against the Law - Just wrong. 11 45.83%
75% - I lean against this law. 4 16.67%
50% - Undecided. 5 20.83%
75% - I lean towards this law. 1 4.17%
100% For - I'm completely for the law. 3 12.50%
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Old 04-04-2018, 04:53 PM   #31
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In my neighborhood in Houston a nearby Walmart keeps only one door open after 8pm.

The beggers make a line, blocking all the doors and do not move when someone wants to get by. When entering or leaving the Walmart you literally have to push them out of your way.

They are all alcoholic junkies and they stink. Who knows what kind of communicable & contagious diseases these people have. I no longer shop at that Walmart.
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Old 04-04-2018, 05:52 PM   #32
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It’s Mr. _______, DAMNIT!

I have to admit they made it pretty hard to find. But I don’t complain much about anything that isn’t behind a paywall these days.

Just bought a home in Sparks. Closing 5/1. Already have a season pass at Mt. Rose. Skied the last two weeks but too busy so far this week and not going up there with the storm coming in.

I think Boxcar would like it here.

As for me, I’m just looking forward to getting out of my sister-in-laws house in Dayton where we’ve been camped the last 3 weeks. They have been great but I’m already feeling like a reference in a well known Ben Franklin quote.
Welcome! You will love it here... as soon as we get the panhandlers off the medians.

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Old 04-04-2018, 06:01 PM   #33
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1. I am undecided on the grounds that I do not live there to make a informed decision.
2. Things are often slipped into such laws that do not work for the community by hacks.

What should be contained in any law like it is the ability of LEO's and ICE agents to determine if someone in this group has warrants and is wanted by ANY agency local or federal removing any and all protections preventing determination of status.
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Old 04-04-2018, 06:07 PM   #34
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People are hungry, and they are looking for food. As long as no one forces me to give money that I don't want to give voluntarily...then I have no problem with panhandling. It's the aggressive panhandling that bothers me. IMO...it's callous of us to be offended by the mere sight of a panhandler. A person holding up a sign at a traffic light doesn't seem like much of an "inconvenience" to me.

The city of Reno must be relatively trouble-free, if these are the kinds of problems that the authorities there are bothering with.
Reno is not without problems. I go there several times a year because it's closer than Vegas. There are some rough parts to the town.
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Old 04-04-2018, 06:16 PM   #35
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I thought panhandling was illegal, just not enforced that much.
Whenever someone asked me if I could spare a dollar, if it was someone middle aged or older, I'd give it.Someone younger, I 'd tell them "I was about to ask you the same question"
That line wasn't appreciated very often.
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Old 04-04-2018, 06:24 PM   #36
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In my neighborhood in Houston a nearby Walmart keeps only one door open after 8pm.

The beggers make a line, blocking all the doors and do not move when someone wants to get by. When entering or leaving the Walmart you literally have to push them out of your way.

They are all alcoholic junkies and they stink. Who knows what kind of communicable & contagious diseases these people have. I no longer shop at that Walmart.
You should complain to the manager of that location. If nothing changes, take your complaint to corporate.
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Old 04-04-2018, 06:28 PM   #37
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Reno is not without problems. I go there several times a year because it's closer than Vegas. There are some rough parts to the town.

Of course there are "rough parts," just like anywhere.

But Reno has become a real gem compared to most cities in the west. People have to realize that we're not Las Vegas.

Heck, we hardly have many casinos left.

And we still have some pretty good buffets. LOL

And a lot of all-you-can-eat sushi. :-)

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Old 04-04-2018, 06:49 PM   #38
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Reno is not without problems. I go there several times a year because it's closer than Vegas. There are some rough parts to the town.
Downtown away from the river is Casino, Liquor Store, Pawn Shop, Monthly Motel, rinse and repeat. Outside of the downtown block they just tore down, of course.

It reminds me a lot of downtown Las Vegas in the 80’s before anybody decided they should put any money into it.

Outside of events (Reno Sculture Fest and Reno River fest coming up in May!), I don’t plan on spending much time there. Looking forward to those as well as Amgen Tour of California stage 6 up in Tahoe.

Peppermill south of downtown has a legit poker room. But I’m still meeting friends in Vegas for KD and BC.
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My grandfather and also my father used to get a down and out from the street and bring them into a bar and tip the bartender well and instruct him to make sure the man eats, and if he does only then can he have a taste. This was his way of understanding the mans problem and not judging them but making sure they eat. Brooklyn in the day!
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My grandfather and also my father used to get a down and out from the street and bring them into a bar and tip the bartender well and instruct him to make sure the man eats, and if he does only then can he have a taste. This was his way of understanding the mans problem and not judging them but making sure they eat. Brooklyn in the day!
Sweep and pick up the parking lot. One buffet to go......
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Of course there are "rough parts," just like anywhere.

But Reno has become a real gem compared to most cities in the west. People have to realize that we're not Las Vegas.

Heck, we hardly have many casinos left.

And we still have some pretty good buffets. LOL

And a lot of all-you-can-eat sushi. :-)

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I briefly lived there years ago. Awesome climate. It did have transient problems like Vegas. I hear that with Tesla in the area now there are a lot more educated, higher earners coming in. This is causing some good things but I understand housing is going through the roof. There are topics on this on the city data forums.
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Old 04-06-2018, 12:27 PM   #42
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I briefly lived there years ago. Awesome climate. It did have transient problems like Vegas. I hear that with Tesla in the area now there are a lot more educated, higher earners coming in. This is causing some good things but I understand housing is going through the roof. There are topics on this on the city data forums.
Exactly right. Median selling price of a home (as of Feb. '18 I believe) was $378k.

Reno is a wonderful place to live but you better have your life in order and not be a low-wage employee.

The schools are really weak - NV is 50th in the nation, ahead of only Washington, DC.

Whatever is bad, we rank really at or near the top of "bad." (i.e. teen pregnancy, bankruptcies, graduation rates... just name it)

We even rank #1 for deaths in crosswalks!

But, if you can personally sidestep all of that, we've got almost zero congestion, pollution, crime against person, and... get this... you can actually find a doctor! (But, like everywhere, you better hang on to them when you do.)

We have two seasons - winter and construction - very little actual snow to shovel except in the higher altitudes, and restaurant prices for good food are the lowest in the country.

Still, a 24-hr town. I recall going to the Walmart near Saratoga just assuming that they were all open 24 hours a day. LOL

Finally, if you have an itch to make a bet, the casinos are, of course, always open and William Hills are everywhere. Heck... we've got some 7-11s with Wm. Hill sports books.

We just love this place.


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