NW 39th Street LGBTQ District

[AnguisHerba]

The issue of visible homelessness at I-44 and Penn will have to be addressed before any serious walkable nightlife returns to this area.

[Bullbear]

The issue of visible homelessness at I-44 and Penn will have to be addressed before any serious walkable nightlife returns to this area.

as someone who has frequented the bars in this area for well over 20 years. this area has always had homeless people, Panhandlers and such and it has never really hindered people walking from bar to bar.

[AnguisHerba]

as someone who has frequented the bars in this area for well over 20 years. this area has always had homeless people, Panhandlers and such and it has never really hindered people walking from bar to bar.

It's more of an issue of attracting walkers from up and down Penn than it is on NW 39th St. itself. I live in the area and love to walk to east to Western, east/south to Classen, and even on a rare occasion north on Classen (even though the walkability at Classen near Expressway and I-44 is terrible). I pride myself on walking as much as I can despite the lack of infrastructure.

That being said, I don't walk north along Penn under the I-44 bridge anymore due to the amount of harassment, trash, and even human waste I have to deal with. I'm not unsympathetic to the plight of the homeless in our city by any means - our society needs to do more. But, the increasing presence at this one intersection has made it too difficult for me to deal with.