OPINION: Boston seems to understand a core fact that appears lost on our civic leaders. If you're going to be a world-class city that competes withParis and Rome for tourist dollars, you can't let your downtown core be an open air drug market.
Evening outdoor dining Boston's Newbury Street is full of high-end retail and crowded restaurants.
I was hoping these NBA Finals would shine a bright light on San Francisco as it emerges from the pandemic and tries to overcome a national narrative about our grimy street scenes. Instead, Boston has stepped into that spotlight, garnering rave reviews from international media here for the games. San Francisco? Not so much.
There are a variety of factors at play here. San Francisco has more homeless people than Boston. The weather is temperate, so it attracts more people year-round. Boston shuffles its homeless population to the outskirts, leaving places like Roxbury to deal with the crisis. There's a place they call"Methadone Mile" here that sure sounds familiar. So, don't get me wrong. This is not Shangri-La on the banks of the Charles River.
I won't pretend to be an expert on Boston's homelessness strategies, but some simple research reveals good ideas. To start with, the state of Massachusetts is a right-to-shelter state for families. According to the Boston Foundation, a nonprofit focused on equity issues,"Right to shelter is a mandate that requires a state or municipality to provide temporary emergency shelter to every man, woman and child who is eligible for services, every night.
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