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this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2024
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cant even imagine, been a few years since I worked out that way and it was pretty rough back then. Covid wasn't kind to bridge road.
I literally chased down a young man I saw walking without shoes, he wasn't begging, gave him a 50 and made him promise to get shoes at the op shop 5 minutes down the road . I know he might spend it on shit but then maybe he will get shoes.
You are a kind soul
i can't help everyone but i can help those i see
I should have taken him and made him try some on and then pay
and I'm guessing he's so disorganised and maybe drugged a bit too that he just forgets to put shoes on , or maybe his shoes weren't waterproof and got ruined or got stolen
shit happens ๐
The rot set in well before covid. I've been working on Bridge road since 2012 - just at the very end of its glory days as a centre for the cheaper end of the rag trade. Online shopping killed that, but it took a long time to die. Re-inventing itself now as wellness practitioners and eateries.
For real scunge, look at Johnston St.
I was in Victoria street
Oh 100%. But 2018 wasnt anywhere near as bad as 2022. Not saying 2018 was good by any stretch, but it wasnt so desolate.