One big worry is the concentration of shelters, methadone clinics and help for the homeless at Mass. and Cass. Some think those services should be dispersed.
"Do I think decentralizing makes sense? Sure, of course it does. But where are you going to decentralize to?" asked Lyndia Downie, executive director at Pine Street Inn. Anthony Spinazzola, who owns a restaurant nearby, welcomes the city's efforts, but he wonders if they'll be successful. "They get anything they want down here. It's like a mini Vegas. You get whatever you want if you're looking for it, so it's hard for them to stay away," he said.
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