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Pointless. They'd just move from eco blocks to old cars that they rotate. Give the RVs somewhere to go, trailer parks are pretty common in other places.

unethical_ban 4y ago
Thank you. Yes, if people can live in mobile facilities then there should be facilitation to get them a place to park. This country is falling into major societal disrepair, and we need major public investment in affordable housing.
- codefreeordie 4y ago
  You can't solve this problem with housing. The housing would just get destroyed and be as violent, dirty, and dangerous as the RVs. The RVs aren't the problem, the problem is the people in them.
devmor 4y ago
If the cities had the wherewithal to give the RVs a place to go, they'd already have the state of mind to have prevented so many people being forced to live out of RVs in the first place. This is a problem of negligence and uncaring and the only "solution" those in charge seem to want to offer is to force the homeless into jails, to be used as slave labor.
- jaimex2 4y ago
  Yep, they clearly just want them gone out of city and someone else's problem.
Hizonner 4y ago
If they went to cars, they'd have to spend a lot of time and money moving them around. And a car that will move costs a lot more than a chunk of concrete. And the car has to be registered. According to the article, the city is set up to tow cars, but not set up to move the concrete blocks. The blocks are actually probably easier to move than the cars, if you set up a system for doing it. A flatbed with a crane could move those blocks out in time comparable to hitching up a car for towing, and carry more than one at a time. On edit: cars would probably get vandalized, too. I am not saying I support that, but it makes rotating cars even more impractical.
- jaimex2 4y ago
  They'd find something else. Trailers, skip bins, cones along with pushing their local representative to put in permit zones etc. The issue is still they need to give people somewhere to live. Public housing, RV parks, rental legislation etc.
codefreeordie 4y ago
Trailer parks are fine when it's normal trailers owned by people who have some basic respect for themselves and the people and land around them. This isn't about that kind of RV -- this is about drug-den RVs full of people who are whacked out on drugs, are a danger to everyone around them, and cover the area around them in needles and feces. This isn't really about urban campers.

unethical_ban 4y ago

Thank you. Yes, if people can live in mobile facilities then there should be facilitation to get them a place to park. This country is falling into major societal disrepair, and we need major public investment in affordable housing.

codefreeordie 4y ago
You can't solve this problem with housing. The housing would just get destroyed and be as violent, dirty, and dangerous as the RVs. The RVs aren't the problem, the problem is the people in them.

devmor 4y ago

If the cities had the wherewithal to give the RVs a place to go, they'd already have the state of mind to have prevented so many people being forced to live out of RVs in the first place. This is a problem of negligence and uncaring and the only "solution" those in charge seem to want to offer is to force the homeless into jails, to be used as slave labor.

jaimex2 4y ago
Yep, they clearly just want them gone out of city and someone else's problem.

Hizonner 4y ago

If they went to cars, they'd have to spend a lot of time and money moving them around. And a car that will move costs a lot more than a chunk of concrete. And the car has to be registered. According to the article, the city is set up to tow cars, but not set up to move the concrete blocks. The blocks are actually probably easier to move than the cars, if you set up a system for doing it. A flatbed with a crane could move those blocks out in time comparable to hitching up a car for towing, and carry more than one at a time. On edit: cars would probably get vandalized, too. I am not saying I support that, but it makes rotating cars even more impractical.

jaimex2 4y ago
They'd find something else. Trailers, skip bins, cones along with pushing their local representative to put in permit zones etc. The issue is still they need to give people somewhere to live. Public housing, RV parks, rental legislation etc.

codefreeordie 4y ago

Trailer parks are fine when it's normal trailers owned by people who have some basic respect for themselves and the people and land around them. This isn't about that kind of RV -- this is about drug-den RVs full of people who are whacked out on drugs, are a danger to everyone around them, and cover the area around them in needles and feces. This isn't really about urban campers.