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Seems like a false dichotomy? Allowing people to use public spaces in safety and comfort doesn’t preclude addressing homelessness by other means. Hostile arch

• bsder 7y ago
  The difference is that the building owner can install the hostile architectural feature immediately in order to "solve" the building owner's homeless problem--ie. make them go somewhere else. Solving homelessness through the political system is DRASTICALLY slower.
• lordCarbonFiber 7y ago
  The cost to the commons is pretty substantial though. One person sleeping on a bench vs 5 people sitting, a subway car with 50 people vs a subway car with one and the smell of death. These kind of features address practical concerns, concerns that won't go away unless you spend the capital (political and fiscal) to address the core issues.