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Herald: Maybe smelly hippies aren't a health threat in Dewey Square because they've taken their contagion to South Station
By adamg on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 3:05pm
The Herald isn't one to take rejection by city health officials lightly. Today, it accuses hippies of stinking up South Station, because, as is well known, there were never unkempt people washing themselves in South Station restrooms or asking for money until before Occupy Boston started.
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South Station SANCTUARY
The bus terminal is open all night and people can sleep in the terminal so I guess they can hibernate there for the winter
I think your supposed to have
I think your supposed to have a bus ticket on you to stay in the bus terminal between midnight and 6 AM.
How's it feel you South
How's it feel you South Station 1%'s now that your precious restrooms are looking a bit more like all the other one's in the MBTA system (the one's that aren't shut tight that is)?
Silly anon, the 1% doesn't
Silly anon, the 1% doesn't ride the train!
Not true..
I always have to pick up 1%'rs all the time at South Station. Many of them prefer taking the Acela back from NYC rather than fighting the traffic and delays coming out of LaGuardia.
Worse than usual
I'm sorry, but having been commuting for 8 years, this is much worse than usual. Tried to use the ladies room the other day, and a few of them were close to sponge bathing in the sinks, and one got nasty when those of us actually using the restoom wanted to wash our hands....and before anyone comments, they had their signs and everyting with them....and how about the girl that walked out of there and across the station barefoot.
Even at the height of the winter when the homeless were allowed to stay overnight in the station was it this bad...and don't get me started about the bottles of wine that littered the floor the other evening...
I'm sorry, but although they have a righ to be angry about what's going on, their pointless tent city isn't doing anything but annoying a good amount of people. I went to a private college, have substantial school loans.....but it was MY CHOICE...not only could I have gone to a state school, I was fully aware when I signed those loan documents that there was NO GUARANTEE that there would be a job waiting for me when I graduated.
The roughly 1% may be out of control, and yeah, we need to change things...but as part of the 53%, this is getting old...there can't be change unless people are actively willing to do anything about it. And again, I'm sorry, but creating a tent city isn't it.
The free food has attracted
The free food has attracted more of the 'professional' homeless to the area and they are definitely affecting the sanitation in the South Station lavatories.
Actual OWS protestor hygiene varies greatly.
Professional Homeless
Funny I don't remember that booth on career day?
No military recruiters there?
No military recruiters there?
Cheesey made up stories like
Cheesey made up stories like this from the Little Picture Paper is the only thing that stinks here.
WINGO!
They only sicced one reporter
They only sicced one reporter on that story? I thought the Herald had a six-reporter minimum for Occupy Wall Street coverage.