Planters installed outside San Francisco Walgreens in the Castro meant to deter illegal activity, loiterers

CBS5 via MSN ^ | September 18, 2023 | Betty Yu

[peggybac]

Good grief, they’re just supplying toilets for the homeless.

[Mr. K]

Homeless: “Heyyyy.. I found a new toilet!”

[Hattie]

Plant cactus, roses with thorns and other plants like that.

[Tommy Revolts]

Wouldn’t they basically become porta potties?

[Disambiguator]

They also need to pipe classical music to the outside of the store. Better yet, just play “White Punks on Dope” on an endless loop. The Tubes were a San Francisco band, after all.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Third-worlders the world-over developed low-cost deterrence systems ages ago...

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Pyracantha, aka firethorn, is the best defensive planting there is. It’s tough, survives neglect as long as you water it every month or two, and has truly vicious thorns. It also looks OK if you keep it trimmed (warning, you will bleed while trimming it) and has nice white flowers that develop into red berries. Plant pyracantha bushes under a ground-floor window, and nobody will climb through that window.

[Organic Panic]

WOW. A nice new clean row of toilets for the homeless

[Old Yeller]

They need to ply Chopin or at least Barry Manilow 24/7 to clear the infestation.

Or 24/7 Yah Mo B There by Michael McDonald.
Or 24/7 Mockingbird by James Taylor and Carly Simon.
Or 24/7 Loving You by Minnie Riperton

[Dr. Sivana]

The trick is to drive away the derelects, NOT the paying customers too!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yep. Cactus would do it...or Poison Ivy, LOL!

[Old Yeller]

Cactus would do it...or Poison Ivy, LOL!

If they were really serious about it, they would plant Poison Hemlock.

[CodeToad]

I’m all for arresting vagrants and dumping them outside of city limits after a nice Hickory shampoo.

[OldMissileer]

They need to ply Chopin or at least Barry Manilow 24/7 to clear the infestation.

If they play that awful Manilow song, Miracle, on a 24/7/365 loop I can guarantee you those vagrants will leave.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

In the old days they paid protection money to less offensive people, who became more offensive, so they stick with the homeless offensive.

[Dr. Sivana]

If they play that awful Manilow song, Miracle, on a 24/7/365 loop I can guarantee you those vagrants will leave.

"It's a Miracle" is pretty amazing, but I think it is surpassed by "I Made It Through the Rain" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice If We Could Be Lonely Together?"

To wit:
I made it through the rain
and found myself respected
by the others who
Got rained on too
and made it through