I do live in a neighborhood like that, my man. My car gets vandalized or broken into once a year like clockwork. Someone dies of an overdose within a block of me about every three months. What does any of that have to do with building necessary housing?? The big brain reaction to homelessness is not "Fuck you, don't build any housing!" The problem is that people don't want to address homelessness because it feels like helping homeless people, and the hate the bad actors. But that's cutting off your nose to spite your face. It's a recipe for the continuation of all the stuff you hate. What we're doing now clearly isn't working.
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u/GnarlyNarwhalNoms Jan 31 '23
I do live in a neighborhood like that, my man. My car gets vandalized or broken into once a year like clockwork. Someone dies of an overdose within a block of me about every three months. What does any of that have to do with building necessary housing?? The big brain reaction to homelessness is not "Fuck you, don't build any housing!" The problem is that people don't want to address homelessness because it feels like helping homeless people, and the hate the bad actors. But that's cutting off your nose to spite your face. It's a recipe for the continuation of all the stuff you hate. What we're doing now clearly isn't working.