One thing that has been currently a hot topic in Williamsport at the moment is homelessness. Here as of recent a young man who goes by Ricky stopped by the Market ST bridge to help out a couple that was crashing for the night under the bridge.

Ricky offered them money to help them out and the generosity of the people declined the cash. They are a typical couple that used to have jobs and are currently homeless due to the lack of unemployment. Regardless the help was turned down but Ricky was adamant about this.

Homelessness has been in the rise of Williamsport as of recent since the gas boom that has started up here. This has been very well swept under the rug for many years as the problems have been persisting in Williamsport.

Due to this problem it only takes one person to make the story heard. I can reflect this on a situation as well.

There is this guy that goes by the name of Berry that usually hangs out at the Sheetz on Westminster Drive in the city. He usually tries to sell balloons while making a living. Every time I stopped by and saw him he is always his comical self. Usually now and then unfortunately the Williamsport PD tries to break things up for the poor guy.

What burns me is usually when you are in a situation like that, you are ousted as a bum. In reality though you always worked to the bone to prevent yourself from losing what you love. What if it comes to that point that you lose everything that you love? Then what do you do?

Since the implosion as I said earlier about the gas industry. Housing rates in the city with through the roof. Just an example just for sewage and water they usually just want $300-400 for their bills. Now add on the other expenses too. (Electric, Groceries, etc.). It adds up quickly in this city.

On top of things if you are not working for the gas industry, you are working to the bone between 2-3 part time jobs. On top of giving up your family time to just make ends meet. There is something definitely wrong with this picture.

Mayor Campana himself obviously thinks there is nothing going on. He just keeps sweeping our problems under the rug. Just think a few days ago. There was another shooting that just involved 5 people as of late again. We also have a gang problem as well which that leads with the unemployment.

Now people usually get hype about these truths being said, but really just think about it for a minute. Now if you are bringing jobs mostly for the gas industry. Most of these industry jobs are just hiring people that already have the experience. This is generally people out of state that are coming up.

Now what if you wanted to learn about the gas industry. It costs money. Now how are you supposed to have that money when nobody else is hiring? See? The vicious cycle keeps continuing. People in Williamsport we are all going through the same issue. You all know there is a problem here but we are just keeping our tails between our legs and not speaking out of it for fear.

People are fearing their jobs because we all know if we spoke our minds, we would lose our jobs. It’s our own very right that was taking away. And the only way for this to get resolved, we need to all bound together and speak as a whole.

If we love our town, we will take back this town in to the people’s control. We need to stop being single minded about this. Time is ticking. It’s up to you whether you make that choice or not to contribute.

Also for the homeless people that are having the situation. There has been a go fund me set up for everyone to pitch in and help out. Link is below at the end of this post.

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