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Ok parents, I’m looking for your favorite parks on the South Coast to take little kids.
Which parks do you like most, and why? Looking to keep our little ones entertained by testing out all the parks. Thanks in advance.
Favorite Park for Kids?
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September 22, 2022, 1:55 am
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Shoreline park, it’s the one least inundated with homeless people. Unfortunately, we have to think of our kids safety around those who are addicted and homeless.
Ouch, 0 for 4 EDWARD! Kids and other people, even homeless, can exist peacefully in one park 🙂 it’s tiresome seeing the constant vilification of homeless folks on here. There’s been what, one needle stick scare in a decade at a local park? And zero homeless attacks on children? It’s just plain fearmongering. No need to lash out over the internet. Really, what do you think is going to happen if you bring your kid to a park with a homeless person/people in it? I really am curious
Unless you count discarded suringes and human feces.
“take your kids to the parks that have human shit smeared on the slides and heroin needles on the ground,” Randy Rowse’s campaign promise was to make the parks safe.
Guys stop being mean to Edward. As a nude model from Slovenia once said, we need to be best and avoid cyberbullying. Internet comments can hurt too. His truck is his personality and safe space, we need to respect that. This aggression will not stand, man.
We don’t our kids to the parks in the downtown/beach area because there’s too many crackheads that hang out in those areas, just today I was taking my break near the kids park across from the zoo, and saw a bum with his pants down scratching his balls and his whole ass showing and a cops drove past him, looked and did nothing, that’s another problem, when you drive in the industrial area you see all the crack heads smoking meth, shooting up heroin and half dead on fentanyl, and Santa Barbara PD does absolutely nothing about it, I’d say just be very careful with your kids at all parks because you never know if one of these low life piece of shit bums will leave something behind, and god forbid a child picks something up, remember the park on Haley street a kid got poked by a dirty heroin needle, I hope he’s ok now
Randy Rowse was supposed to make the parks safe. What happened?
Make that thrice.
We don’t our kids to the parks in the downtown/beach area because there’s too many crackheads that hang out in those areas, just today I was taking my break near the kids park across from the zoo, and saw a bum with his pants down scratching his balls and his whole ass showing and a cops drove past him, looked and did nothing, that’s another problem, when you drive in the industrial area you see all the crack heads smoking meth, shooting up heroin and half dead on fentanyl, and Santa Barbara PD does absolutely nothing about it, I’d say just be very careful with your kids at all parks because you never know if one of these low life piece of shit bums will leave something behind, and god forbid a child picks something up, remember the park on Haley street a kid got poked by a dirty heroin needle, I hope he’s ok now
Willowglen
Or have GT take your kids to Plaza de Vera Cruz Park. The City of SB’s first park and currently in a three way tie with Ortega, Pershing Parks for the following best in show amenities:
Best Place to see an addict drop a deuce.
Best Place to see an addict shoot up.
Best Place to show your kids how Narcan works
Last time I drove past on Haley there was a guys passed out on the side walk with his pants half down. He looked like he’d nodded off while dropping one. I had no idea my drivers side window was a TV tuned into FOX.
I will say that park is a lot better than it was 10 years ago but if you can’t find the addicts, you are not looking. To be fair I’ve seen overdoses in Upper Orpet on the Riviera, Oak Park down by all the halfway houses Alameda park near the bandstand and along Sola.
Post your phone number and I’ll call you instead of 911 next time I see someone who looks overdosed so you can grab your kids and grandkids and visit
GT.
You voted for a 20 year clowncar cavalcade of losers and then expect Rowse to fix it all in a year?
PS: You have no idea who I voted for as mayor because I live SB City Limits adjacent. I will tell you that I was happy to vote for Jimmy Carter and happy to vote for Bill Clinton.
That said, remain staggered by your intellect, thanks for the discussion- usually I have to stop by the Lyndon LaRouche table outside the post office for that level of insight
“You voted for a 20 year clowncar cavalcade of losers”
I don’t think GT voted for you or your RW friends.
The fact is that the public servants that you are denigrating are better people than you are in every possible way.
“You voted for a 20 year clowncar cavalcade of losers and then expect Rowse to fix it all in a year?”
You blame the politicians you don’t favor for everything that happens on their watch and excuse the politicians you do favor for everything that happens on their watch. Why? Because you’re a fundamentally dishonest person.
Edhat You voted for Rowse – he was supposed to make the parks safe. That was a primary campaign promise. Rowse is too busy at ribbon cuttings and martini parties to care about your kids safety. Please stop farming me out as a babysitter and give Randy a call.
Edney I mean
“and feed the ducks”
Oy. You and Babycakes. Not a good model of behavior — don’t do it.
Snowflakes.
So good news… ED now has more posted comments than deleted!!! The bad news is that we need better mental health reform based on all those comments. (not really news)
OP- Most parks have been redone and are pretty nice. I think it would be fun to take the kids to all of them! DTSB parks are defiantly a bit sketchy, but you can scope it out and decide for yourself. We are very lucky to live in such a beautiful place. It’s important to go out and both enjoy it and realize it. Have fun!
HEADLINE;
Innocent question re: children’s playground, turns into bench-clearing
Parental brawl..
Girsh Park in Goleta is great for any number of activities, sports, etc. For natural beauty and shaded areas, go with Bella Vista Open Space, Haskell’s beach, Shoreline Park, to name a few.
Don’t be scared off by the ridiculous claims that all the parks are smeared in feces, etc. Yes, downtown you will see homeless people, but they usually keep to them selves. Safest, cleanest parks though are in Goleta and San Roque area.
Let me just say what I should have said in the first place, We take our kids to our neighborhood park almost everyday, it’s on willowglen it’s a really nice park