Jotham Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Quote A number of homeless people have been sent out of Edinburgh to make way for tourists ahead of Taylor Swift performing in the city, BBC News has learned. Shelter Scotland said several homeless people it supports had been sent via taxi to Aberdeen and Glasgow amid a shortage in accommodation, and one person was offered temporary accommodation as far away as Newcastle. The housing charity said it was "a blatant injustice" for homeless people to be "in direct competition" with tourists. Edinburgh City Council said it was working with affected households to find "appropriate, alternative accommodation". Taylor Swift will be playing three nights at Edinburgh's Murrayfield stadium from 7 to 9 June. Hundreds of thousands of fans are set to flock to the city, and competition for hotel rooms is fierce. The housing charity said people being declared homeless in Edinburgh who would usually be offered temporary accommodation such as hotels were being sent out of the city due to a severe shortage in accommodation caused by the concert. There is no evidence of homeless people being removed from accommodation where they are already staying. Read more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carla Rosón Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 American ts stans need to be stopped 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karla Cabello Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) taylor queen of late capitalism Edited May 30 by Karla Cabello 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byzantium Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I have no doubt that OTHs are going to now blame the homeless crisis in Scotland on Taylor Swift. 4 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavi Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Jotham said: The housing charity said people being declared homeless in Edinburgh who would usually be offered temporary accommodation such as hotels were being sent out of the city due to a severe shortage in accommodation caused by the concert. Correction: caused by systematic bad policies put in place by government people who don't give a **** about homeless people and don't use their power to prevent homelesness in the fist place Edited May 30 by pavi 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordecai Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 This is so on brand for her Jokes aside local government doesn't have its priorities straight, what a mess 1 6 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loca Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Wouldn't be surprised if that was a special request by Swift herself. 1 2 21 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrettyHurts Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 wow, i cant believe she would do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnettakins Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Disgusting! And I wonder how many of those "tourists" are just obsessed American TS stans (again). 3 2 2 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
family.guy123 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I will not forget this. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotearoa Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 everything is not about me but what if it is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel is Desire Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 They can handle one weekend. While she boosts the local economy in the process 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dirrtydiana Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 3 minutes ago, Diesel is Desire said: They can handle one weekend. While she boosts the local economy in the process What a disgusting and tone deaf post. Money is not more important than life. How about they use that economy boost to shelter those people at least for the duration of the concert days? 26 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel is Desire Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 5 minutes ago, dirrtydiana said: What a disgusting and tone deaf post. Money is not more important than life. How about they use that economy boost to shelter those people at least for the duration of the concert days? What was tone deaf about this? The housing charity should be able to handle ONE weekend even if she is there. Or did you just assume that my post meant I didn't care about homeless situation in Scotland? I know yall are eager to farm for upvotes and get your gotcha moments and don't like to read. A common theme here on illiterATRL 10 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirrtydiana Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 minute ago, Diesel is Desire said: What was tone deaf about this? The housing charity should be able to handle ONE weekend even if she is there. Or did you just assume that my post meant I didn't care about homeless situation in Scotland? I know yall are eager to farm for upvotes and get your gotcha moments and don't like to read. A common theme here on illiterATRL You may want to reread your first post and apply some of this literacy you speak of and subtract the projection. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel is Desire Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 minute ago, dirrtydiana said: You may want to reread your first post and apply some of this literacy you speak of and subtract the projection. I've reread it babes. Now continue your activism and faux outrage on ATRL in another thread with Taylor Swift's name on it. 5 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigal Self Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 T***** S**** is a corporation, we been knew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abie Roy Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Another fortnight lost in Edinburgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_NewRomantiks Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 2 hours ago, byzantium said: I have no doubt that OTHs are going to now blame the homeless crisis in Scotland on Taylor Swift. well- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexrex Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 On the good side, homeless people won't have to suffer hearing her horrendous live vocals and witnessing the horrors of a swiftie invasion. 1 1 15 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiliam Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 some of the posts in this thread are better try to serve sarcastic humor otherwise if you really mean what you write.... check in at your local mental hospital immediately 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Very kind of them to prevent homeless people from witnessing swifties 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolce Vita Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 how dystopian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago. Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I mean, outside of Taylor Swift, there's something so dystopian about not only the situation itself, but the discussions in here. The way people are so quick to jump on Taylor but also the people who's first instinct is to defend the most famous woman in the world from mean ATRL posts when there's people's lives being treated like garbage being taken out of the city for a concert 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 not everything is about fan culture ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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