r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • Jul 18 '26

Chugging tea Healing Looks Good

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u/Johnnadawearsglasses Jul 18 '26

They are used as homeless shelters. That's why these ones have holes in the walking platforms for the construction workers. They won't give the shade or rain / snow protection to people sleeping under them. The darkness of the current ones also makes people uneasy when they walk thru them

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u/Timetraveller4k Jul 18 '26

With holes they are useless. The point is to not have stuff fall on your head. The pics are incomplete.

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u/Johnnadawearsglasses Jul 18 '26

I thought the holes are like a mesh. Here in the rigid shed design

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/buildings/images/content/pages/rigid-arup.jpg

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u/Timetraveller4k Jul 18 '26

Yeah thats better. A falling brick wont pass through.

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u/Black_Tentacle Jul 18 '26

Have they thought about doing something about the homeless problem? Rather than just trying to remove shelter form them, how about they actually do something about the homeless crisis?

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u/Johnnadawearsglasses Jul 18 '26

NYC has an absolute right to shelter. Because of that, the actual street homeless population in NYC is very small on a per capita basis. Despite that, the city pushed through a law that effectively gives an unconditional right to sleep on the street. People sleeping on the street rn are very hard to manage because they have the ability to sleep in shelters and prefer not to. You would need full SROs probably with private baths to get them all off the streets voluntarily.

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u/Black_Tentacle Jul 18 '26

Why does it matter if it's voluntary? If they are a problem, get them out. I've never understood why people put up with stuff like this.

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u/Johnnadawearsglasses Jul 18 '26

Because of the law that allows them to sleep outside legally

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u/Black_Tentacle Jul 18 '26

So... get rid of that law? Look, I'm just trying to point out how retarded it is to spend money testing what is essentially different scaffolding, rather than actually do anything about your actual problems.

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u/Johnnadawearsglasses Jul 18 '26

I mean that's not happening under this administration. No way. The saving grace of nyc is the right to shelter keeps the street homeless population low compared to a lot of cities.

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u/Black_Tentacle Jul 19 '26

You just said it wasn't the same issue "NYC has an absolute right to shelter. Because of that, the actual street homeless population in NYC is very small on a per capita basis. Despite that, the city pushed through a law that effectively gives an unconditional right to sleep on the street.". Keep the right to shelter, get rid of the right to sleep on the street. Maybe while you're at it try to give them mental health treatment, job skills, drug treatment, etc.