AmnesiaInnocent t1_itkzj82 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 12:48 PM

Have there been a bunch of incidents there? I haven't heard of anything like that...

chmtastic t1_itl2vmh wrote on October 24, 2022 at 1:16 PM

I mean I didn’t think things there were particularly worse than the last few years, but perhaps I’m missing something.

vbm-seaside-71 OP t1_itl3my5 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 1:22 PM

I've lived here a long time. It has picked up since 2019.

Sure, there has always been a group of people who hang out in front of Cambridge Savings, but now there are people actively doing drugs, passing out in the parks adjacent to the square.

chmtastic t1_itl3xdr wrote on October 24, 2022 at 1:25 PM

Welp I moved here around 2019 so that’s why I didn’t notice. Still, I can think of a lot shadier places where there is still a Starbucks.

8sGonnaBeeMay t1_itn27l3 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 9:11 PM

I know there are a lot of sketchy people in central. But I just walk by quickly. Never stop or look at them. The homeless people who ask for change are nice, in my experience.

dante662 t1_itmlg4e wrote on October 24, 2022 at 7:24 PM

The passing out has been happening for 5+ years, right in front of CSB.

I called 911 at least twice because I was worried I was watching an OD in real time.

And my SO wouldn't walk through that area by herself at all. Constant, nonstop harassment by the junkies.

BlisterTom2 t1_iua3gip wrote on October 29, 2022 at 7:06 PM

Central Square used to be the murder capital of Boston. Though I am not sure if it still has the title, the Starbucks closing does not surprise me.