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The best solution to a homeless problem is to move them somewhere else and make your location less attractive. You can't cure the homeless and crazy and trying

The best solution to a homeless problem is to move them somewhere else and make your location less attractive. You can't cure the homeless and crazy and trying to a waste of money. Either put them back in mental wards or accept that they're going to live on the streets and put them somewhere they won't bother anyone. I have a relative that's homeless and mentally ill and there's absolutely nothing you can do to keep them off the streets. Even with a free place to live he gets kicked out for threatening neighbors or screaming gibberish. Has a criminal record of doing crazy stuff so shelters will give him food but will not let him stay there. I think anyone that's spent a lot of their life trying to help someone with severe mental illness realizes that the only humane way to deal with these people is to put them in a ward or prison. It's honestly much safer for them there, they get reliable food and some medical care. These types of people are a danger to themselves and being in a controlled environment is the best you can hope for. I'm personally pleased whenever I hear that my relative is back in jail because then I don't have to worry that he's dying on the side of the road. Since all the bleeding hearts that haven't dealt with someone in this state keep voting to close down mental wards these people are now flooding the streets, terrorizing people, and dying constantly. If people don't want mental wards, which is by far the best solution, the alternative becomes putting them on some kind of "homeless island" where they can hurt themselves and each-other but at least not the rest of society.

jdbernard 10y ago
To all of the those who have down-voted this comment, please engage in dialog and don't just down-vote. throwasehasdwi is speaking from personal experience, directly to the question being discussed. If you do not like either of his solutions, what would you advocate instead? Is the status quo of persistent homeless acceptable in your eyes?
- throwasehasdwi 10y ago
  It's still positive karma but barely. Honestly anybody that says you can "cure" or "treat" the homeless has never dealt with them. In a wealthy society like most western countries you don't stay homeless for long unless you're too crazy to work. The best way is to put them back into the mental hospitals where it's safe and they can be cared for. I watched as my relative's old parents fought the state like hell for years to get him committed to the last remaining indefinite-stay mental ward in the state. The alternative was certainly death once they're too old to keep searching for him and bringing him back home (he runs away eventually, or occasionally steals the keys and drives). Some of these homeless people are so mentally unstable it affects their survival instincts. Like they don't think they need a jacket in -20 weather one day because they saw God this morning and he's going to protect them. And getting someone like this to take their medicine reliably? You've gotta be joking.
  - Nomentatus 10y ago
    Don't discount too ill to work. Especially if a diagnosis has been missed which is very common. Although these homeless people are more likely to be rescued in one way or another, in time.
    - throwasehasdwi 10y ago
      I don't think those too ill to work are homeless for very long. They either find a way to get medical treatment or, most likely(in the US at least) just die.

jdbernard 10y ago

To all of the those who have down-voted this comment, please engage in dialog and don't just down-vote. throwasehasdwi is speaking from personal experience, directly to the question being discussed. If you do not like either of his solutions, what would you advocate instead? Is the status quo of persistent homeless acceptable in your eyes?

throwasehasdwi 10y ago
It's still positive karma but barely. Honestly anybody that says you can "cure" or "treat" the homeless has never dealt with them. In a wealthy society like most western countries you don't stay homeless for long unless you're too crazy to work. The best way is to put them back into the mental hospitals where it's safe and they can be cared for. I watched as my relative's old parents fought the state like hell for years to get him committed to the last remaining indefinite-stay mental ward in the state. The alternative was certainly death once they're too old to keep searching for him and bringing him back home (he runs away eventually, or occasionally steals the keys and drives). Some of these homeless people are so mentally unstable it affects their survival instincts. Like they don't think they need a jacket in -20 weather one day because they saw God this morning and he's going to protect them. And getting someone like this to take their medicine reliably? You've gotta be joking.
- Nomentatus 10y ago
  Don't discount too ill to work. Especially if a diagnosis has been missed which is very common. Although these homeless people are more likely to be rescued in one way or another, in time.
  - throwasehasdwi 10y ago
    I don't think those too ill to work are homeless for very long. They either find a way to get medical treatment or, most likely(in the US at least) just die.