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This is not to be insensitive to the problem, but I don't grasp why we only talk about dealing with homelessness at the city level? Cities are small and surroun
by erentz 7y ago
This is not to be insensitive to the problem, but I don't grasp why we only talk about dealing with homelessness at the city level? Cities are small and surrounded by other cities, it's a terrible level of government to provide any kind of safety net or benefit. These need to come from states (if not the federal government). E.g. why for example should Seattle bear the responsibility of housing 10,000 homeless while it's rich neighbors on the east side can just wipe there hands of it?
- ajmurmann 7y agoTo make it worse: Let's assume Seattle provides a great solution for the issue. Won't that attract homeless from other areas to Seattle, furthering the problem. It really must be solved federally. But we cannot do that because there is no way we can agree on something as complicated and probably nuanced like a solution to homelessness in the US.