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> We have not yet found a system that effectively removes the angry shouting, or urinating, or otherwise crazy-acting person from the sidewalk, or bus, or urban
by tomaskafka 6y ago
> We have not yet found a system that effectively removes the angry shouting, or urinating, or otherwise crazy-acting person from the sidewalk, or bus, or urban train, that is not uncomfortably close to a police state.
Huh. The whole damn Europe. You 'remove' then by having a safety net. Which is one of a few things I'm really glad to pay taxes for.
- refurb 6y agoClearly not as Canada has a massive homelessness issue in Vancouver and a strong safety net.
- TimJRobinson 6y agoCanada's safety net is better than the USA but it's not as good as many places in Europe. I lived in Amsterdam for a year and in that time saw maybe 2 homeless people. One law they had was if a building has been empty for over a year you're legally allowed to squat there and the owner has to go through a lengthy process to evict. This stops people buying investment property and leaving it empty. If this was on Vancouver it would have massively helped their housing problem as all those apartments used for offshore assets could be used by squatters (though this would bring its own set of issues).
- refurb 6y agoYou’re saying there are less homeless on the streets of Amsterdam because they squat in empty houses?