Derelicts leave mess inside Atwater metro at Alexis Nihon |
Out popped the driver who cheerfully purchased 50 metal pipe cleaners, 10 crack pipes and a carton of cigarettes.
"Let's party!" says one of the people in the van.
Urinating? Smoking crack? |
One mother of a teenage boy recounted me her shock when her 11-year-old son stumbled across a fully-naked couple of a couple of years ago.
The Inuit centre that was previously based on St. James St. W. was transferred to the old Reddy Memorial Hospital on Tupper a couple of years ago, which has led to some intensification of the disturbances.
Handy depanneur caters to party needs |
A white anglo friend once told me that he and his wife abandoned their two children to live with their elderly parents so that they could live homeless in the park one summer about 10 years ago.
He said that they had good times but was unhappy when their children were taken away by authorities.
The depanneur sells crack pipes?
ReplyDeleteExactly what attracts these people to this urban environment, anyway?
ReplyDeleteYou would think that the Inuit would prefer wide open spaces away from cities, but what do I know?
Anyway, that staircase got me thinking and I stumbled across this:
http://www.unwindly.com/i/507-Guy-Moves-In-A-New-Apartment-Finds-A-Trap-Door-Leading-To-A-Spooky-Underpass
Watch the short video.
@Seth - Ever see the tiny paper roses sold insode glass tubes? They are usually up at the transaction counter of less reputable deps. Those are crack pipes. Smoking crack also somehow involves the copper scrubber pads branded as "Chore Boy" in most places. Some of the more ghetto deps will helpfully break these pads into small single use pieces and sell them for a quarter or so.
ReplyDeleteWhen we lived on Tupper it was not uncommon to find out about some Indians smoking a business man's peace pipe in the alley.
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