Gore Park — Attraction in Hamilton

Too many homeless people drinking and discarding their garbage everywhere. They urinate in plain view of children. Police should be monitoring this place more often I've seen people smoking cracking during the day here. Please tell me this isn't what hamilton wants people thinking of their downtown when they park to walk near fountain. It's a disgrace. Where is all our tax paying dollars going? Don't we want people to come here and see a city that's got potential?? Rather than it sticking to its stigma if being a cracking haven for the welfare and people living off social assistance.. I wouldn't want to invest into a place that already seems to have one foot in the grave of distane. At night people can't even enjoy the fountain because they might step on a needle or get harassed by the homeless for change so they can throw their empty bottle of booze and crushed beer cans.....

Moved to Hamilton from BC a month ago and this is the closest park to me. Would have loved to check it out but the presence of the houseless makes me feel very unsafe, especially when folks are yelling, openly drinking or doing drugs. Same goes for in front of Jackson Square. Sidewalk opposite Jackson Square always reeks of urine. Sometimes sections of the street smell of what I assume is drugs. I don't even walk that section of street outside anymore, just go through the mall. Feel unsafe waiting for #20 bus right across from the park at times too. What a hellhole. Right in front of the bank too. Hamilton or Ontarian government needs to snap out of it and help get these poor folks off the street for...

I LEFT MY WALLET ON THE COUNTER COUPLE WEEKS AGO , WAITED FOR THE ORDER ABOUT 10 MINUTES GOT MY FOOD AND LEFT ... ONLY COUPLE OF BLOCKS LATER MY WALLET WAS LEFT BEHIND? WENT BACK CONFRONTED THE YOUNG MAN ABOUT IT ? HE SAID YES HERE IS WALLET AWARDED HIM $10 HAPPY TO GET IT BACK WENT HOME AND FOUND OUT THAT $800 OR THERE ABOUTS WAS MISSING? HE ACTUALLY ROBBED ME! WHEN I CONFRONTED HIM AGAIN HE DENIED! I CAN NOT PROVE THIS ! IT IS HIS WORD AGAINST MINE ! I ASKED HIM TO GIVE ME BACK THE $10 THAT I GAVE TO HIM AS A REWARD! HE REFUSED! I CALLED THIEF AND A LIAR ... THAT IS ALL...