One thing I didn’t know when moving in here, but discovered last night, is that we have 33 sex offenders registered within 1 mile of us, 21 of them being convicted for sex offenses against children, the majority of those registered within less than a hop, skip and jump and the rest are between us and a leisurely stroll to the park.
On the bright side, there are none registered in our building or in the buildings on either side of us.
The majority are divided between a mission nearby and a homeless shelter.
Considering the number of homeless in Atlanta, the number is a small percentage but it’s still disquieting. I checked our old address and there were only 3 sex offenders within a mile, two of whom were 3/4’s of a mile away and were for offenses against children, and the third, for an adult offense, just down the street from where we’d been living, and was currently in jail.
Looking up homelessness in Atlanta, I was reminded of a couple of projects I would prefer not to put in a post beginning with the above information and will save for a following post. One of those projects concerns the homeless and culture, and the other concerns the homeless and guerilla housing.
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