The Village, Montreal's historical LGBTQ neighbourhood, has become the scene of homelessness, addiction and crime, with locals suggesting that its social problems are being imported because of the district's history of being an inclusive space for marginalized people.
"Twenty years ago it was a really lively place and it was known around the world." Now, he said, "you come here at night and it's scary. There's violence. There's a whole problem of people who have drug problems, mental health problems."
"They don't have anywhere to go," Fitzgerald said, sympathizing with people struggling with drug and mental health problems, whom he called "victims of a system." He pointed to the city's decision during the COVID-19 pandemic to temporarily convert a large hotel in the area into a homeless shelter. “It imported to the Village problems that are not specific to the Village,” Généreux said.
He says the Village's problems have been compounded by a drop in tourism due to competition from LGBTQ destinations in other cities and even from other commercial areas of Montreal.
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