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Forcing homeless services into an area and the subsequent homeless people entering your neighborhood is the politically correct 21st century version of blockbus
by narrator 7y ago
Forcing homeless services into an area and the subsequent homeless people entering your neighborhood is the politically correct 21st century version of blockbusting[1]. I suspect this is probably why Amazon, not exactly a friend of poor people, is putting homeless shelters in their offices, so they can lower the surrounding real estate prices and more easily expand[2].
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting
[2]https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-headquarters-homeless-shelter-seattle-opening-2019-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-headquarters-homeless...
- jimmaswell 7y agoDrifting the topic but I've wondered why they don't section off some good wilderness land to let homeless people make a kind of wild west type town for themselves. If I was homeless I'd certainly rather live off the land in that setting with a nice cabin even without electricity, catch my own meat, and generally be able to be self-sustaining than sleep on concrete and panhandle.
- zootam 7y agoThere are different kinds of homeless people. Some of them might do well in such a setting. But more than a few of them would be disruptive and ruin the land and ruin it for everyone else. There are plenty of articles and videos about what ends up happening to these encampments- they turn into dumps with piles of used needles and lots of human waste. The last thing you'd want is something catching fire and spreading. Generally, most habitable 'live off the land' type of places are spoken for already, no nearby property owners are going to approve of such a 'zone'.