Really? Really? Living with Trolls an Observation and Rant

I love Ocean Beach, I have been here ten years and I must say that I really do love Ocean Beach. I love the fact that I am footsteps from the ocean, enjoy incredible weather, live in a community of musicians and non-conformists and I love the people I have met here. In all of this wonder that makes up this wonderland, you would have to expect that there are some negative sides as well. You are right, there are some negative sides and those sides unfortunately are growing or maybe I'm just noticing them more...could be I'm growing up.

Enter the Lurker Trolls.... ughhhh, how i hate the fact that taking a simple journey down to Rite Aid can turn into this obstacle course of street kids that I avoid in fear of confrontation, disease or just annoyance. I don't care how clever you are at begging for change. "family killed by ninjas need money for Kung Fu lessons" heard it... "Why lie? I need a drink" saw that one too... "Im on the road and...." blah blah blah blah. I am not giving you money!

It would not be so bad if these people were truly just down on their luck and looking for some help to get back on track...., but this is far from reality. What we have here in Ocean Beach is travelers that come and come but almost always outwear their unwelcome, welcome. They bring crime and trouble. Hiding behind garbage cans, living under my house, digging through the trash and just sucking it up in general. Again to clarify, I am not talking about your average homeless family here... I am talking about the kids walking down the alley begging for change and staring at everyone with entitlement. The punks who stumble around drooling with glazed over eyes, filthy bare feet and a stench comparable to what I imagine a bag of dog poop left in a sauna for days smells like.

I imagine what families raising kids here think about this huge minority of the Ocean Beach population. I mean, god forbid you want to take your kids down to the seawall at anytime close to sunset... I mean this would be a good idea of you wanted to be surrounded by heroin addicts and tweakers. It really is a sad thing.
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Again, I am not against homeless and i have admiration for the lives of travelers, but I hate Trolls. Trolls drink 40's under the pier, start fights and cause trouble in my lovely town. They are negative and spread negative energy in our otherwise positive lives. They make it seemingly unsafe.....