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Really big fan of this approach. I'm often afraid to call the cops because I don't want them stepping into places where they aren't going to be helpful. Especia
by GhostOT 6y ago
Really big fan of this approach. I'm often afraid to call the cops because I don't want them stepping into places where they aren't going to be helpful. Especially in more tense situations that may involve illegal substances or other grey area activities.
We usually don't want anyone getting in trouble, we just want a tough situation sorted out in a healthy way.
- ogre_codes 6y agoEugene gets a fair number of things right for being a fairly backwater city. I do wish they had a better solution for homelessness in general, but we do as well as most cities on that and CAHOOTS treats the homeless far more humanely than most cities. (Plus it saves the city money!)
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago>Eugene gets a fair number of things right for being a fairly backwater city Well of course. They don't have seemingly unlimited money to piss away. They have a defined amount of resources and a problem to solve so they figure it out the best they can. It's never the SFs, NYCs, Austins or Bostons on the world that come up with novel ways to tackle problems. They're rich enough to afford bad government and to try and spend their way out of their problems. It's the Clevelands and the Buffalos and the Newarks of the world that innovate. They don't have a choice because they have to figure out how to do more with less.