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Looking for some advice from anyone who’s dealt with this in Philly.

There’s been a guy living out of his car on my block in South Philly for over a month now.

Normally I’d just mind my business, but it’s gotten to the point where it’s becoming a sanitation/quality-of-life issue.

He’s urinating into cups and then leaving the cups of piss sitting on the street. The car hasn’t moved and this has been going on for weeks.

I’m not trying to be an asshole about someone being homeless, but leaving human waste on a residential block isn’t something we should just have to accept either.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? Is 311 actually the right route for this? Police district? Homeless outreach? Abandoned vehicle complaint? I’d rather have the city/outreach handle it appropriately, but I also want the situation addressed.

What’s the best way to actually get someone to come out and deal with it?

edit: Mods, go ahead and lock this post.

I’ve received several genuinely helpful answers and resources, which is what I was looking for. At this point the comments have mostly turned into arguments and personal attacks rather than anything productive, so I don’t think there’s much benefit in keeping it open. Ihave the information I need.

Appreciate it—thank you to everyone for helping.

Lots of cops.
A lot of white shirts maybe he shot a cop. They said he was shooting in the air and maybe pointed at cops

Some one said they saw them shoving some one in the back of cop car and drive off rapidly.

Take a look at Arch St, & renovations being carried out at the Trocadero Theatre back in 1979 !

I know. It’s always bad. But I need to vent about it. It’s not just the tree in front of my house that currently has green wet poo going down the side of the trunk that I will now have to clean up. There’s no winning if I don’t clean it up, trust me I have tried that route.

There’s constantly shit on the sidewalk. Huge piles, little piles. All up and down the street. All over South Philly. Even better is the folks who bag the shit and then just leave the bag there, as if someone will clean it up for them. There’s even bagged shit in my recycling bin when there’s an open trash can right next to it on trash day. Wtf with your pure laziness? Why do you even have a dog?

And also, don’t let your dog pee on trash bags that are out for pick up. That’s fucking rude to the people picking up trash.

Earlier today I saw a very small Maltese running around near my house with no owner in sight and no leash on. I see a collar on the dog so I know he has a owner, but as I try to walk up to the dog to read the tag he runs away and at one point he was dangerously close to traffic so I’m genuinely worried he was going to get hit by a car. I’m just thinking, “This dog is going to get hit if nobody does something” So I follow him for about half a mile, and he went up to a house where some people were sitting outside. I told them to catch the dog so we could check his collar and locate his owner.
The guy casually goes, “Oh, that’s my dog” And I’m sorry, but the way he said it was almost like I was the weird one for trying to help his dog? In such a matter-of-fact way that it almost seemed like I was supposed to know that.

I asked him if he knew his dog had been running around loose and had almost gone into traffic? His response was basically, “Yeah, he just likes to explore.” He even joked that the dog probably ran away because he thought someone was trying to catch him.

That honestly pissed me off.
I WASN’T TRYING TO KEEP YOUR DOG. I WAS TRYING TO FIND HIS OWNER.
Why am I a stranger more genuinely concerned about your dog’s safety. The dog was very small and loose running around very far away.
What also struck me was how dismissive the owner seemed about the whole thing. Saying something like “ Oh he just likes to explore” doesn’t really address the fact that something could have happened to him.If you know your dog likes to roam, shouldn’t you take extra precautions to keep him safe?

Maybe I’m overreacting. But it was frustrating to see someone act so casual about a situation where their dog could have easily been injured or killed. If you have a pet, it seems like part of your responsibility is making sure they don’t have to rely on strangers to keep them out of traffic and make sure they’re being cared for.

PSA to psycho ebike riders on the Delaware river trail flying 40 mph through intersections. There are crosswalks on the trail near sprouts/rivermark. You need to slow down. Shouting at people to get out of the way is not how this works

Slapped this together as quickly as I could. I hope it serves to put things in a coherent order in the midst of all this chaos.