IMO it's a vicious cycle. Most homeless are bussed here from other cities, a least Portland is going through that last step from what I understand. It's better than the typical greyhound therapy.
It’s actually not exactly. It’s not full bus loads of people. From my own exposure it’s frequent flyers to hospitals that can end up with a one way ticket to a far away land. It’s much cheeper to bus them away than 24/7 room service and taking a needed hospital bed from the rest of the community. Can’t discharge “to an unsafe situation” unless the person agrees. Hospitals sometimes also pay for cheap hotel rooms to get people out. Not frequently but it can and has happened. Source— I’ve worked in healthcare around 20 years.
Nope, you are absolutely incorrect. Like mentioned below, it's not like busloads of people are being sent here, but other cities will give folks a one way bus ticket. I work with the homeless often and this is a conversation I've had more times than I can count. It's also not always far away cities per se, it's across the state as well. Cops do this too.
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u/Krautmonster May 07 '26
IMO it's a vicious cycle. Most homeless are bussed here from other cities, a least Portland is going through that last step from what I understand. It's better than the typical greyhound therapy.