We can surely do a lot more to mitigate the suffering that is mostly invisible to begin with. But as long as there exists a right to decline drug treatment or

We can surely do a lot more to mitigate the suffering that is mostly invisible to begin with. But as long as there exists a right to decline drug treatment or behave unacceptably in shared housing, then go camp out in the main pedestrian thoroughfare, at least a few people are going to do it, and the city will feel like that kind of place. Even in SF with a massive homeless population, it’s fewer than 10 faces I see over and over. I still want to help the thousands living in their cars, crashing on friends couches, or sleeping in out of the way places. But it’s the 10 dudes being aggressive in very public places who are why it’s unpopular to raise kids here.