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The argument most commonly put forth by NIMBY types is that providing services for homeless people simply encourages more homeless to move to that city. Here i
by enraged_camel 7y ago
The argument most commonly put forth by NIMBY types is that providing services for homeless people simply encourages more homeless to move to that city.
Here in Austin, the City announced plans to build a new community center to help the homeless. Nearby residents are losing their fucking minds over it.
- andymoe 7y agoSame in San Francisco... I think we might actually get it built anyway though.
- merpnderp 7y agoI have a friend who's neighborhood had a community center for the homeless put in, but with strict rules on violence and drug usage. So homeless people migrate to the neighborhood to get into the shelter, but are often quickly turned out because they can't stop fighting or shooting up. And because of this, my friend's neighborhood is now a dangerous, very crime ridden place to live. Two weeks ago he and his wife were leaving for work and a junkie walked around from their backyard, leaned into his wife's open car window and reached for her purse before he could jump out of his car and run the guy off. They're losing their fucking minds over this.
- conanbatt 7y agoSan Francisco is a net-exporter of homeless people, according to a piece by The Guardian. Aproximately half the homeless population was sent to other states.