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Last time I was in SF I stayed near the Tenderloin area: I've never seen anything like that level of homelessness, neglect and dysfunction in any other first wo
by djrobstep 9y ago
Last time I was in SF I stayed near the Tenderloin area: I've never seen anything like that level of homelessness, neglect and dysfunction in any other first world country.
The existence of such conditions in a city of billionaires is shameful shit.
The US economy generates over $100k per household, and people are living on the street, or crammed into dorm rooms? It's a cruel, obscene disgrace.
- jdpigeon 9y agoSame here. I grew up in Seattle and thought that was bad, but the number of downcast and desperate characters I saw in downtown SF and how closely they were pressed up against areas of impressive wealth (like at Mission & 16th) was extremely depressing.
- solotronics 9y agojust wait and see what happens when full automation is achieved
- readhn 9y agothe expensive software engineers will be replaced by AI and will join the homeless on the streets of SF?
- readhn 9y agoI was shocked as well. All these leading tech companies, some of the richest people on Earth and can't fix the house they live in? It is such a bizarre contrast to see so much wealth and people living in card boxes on the streets. No body cares enough to actually get it fixed.
- closeparen 9y agoDoes anyone actually want to see Big Tech "disrupt" homelessness policy/services?
- Noos 9y agoThe problem is that you'd have to resort to involuntary commitment and/or lifetime arrest of some form to get them off, and no one likes opening that can of worms. You can build all the apartments you like, and run all the job programs you can; if the person wont take his meds, or can't stay off drugs of his own volition, he will end up back on the street.