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Every big city? Or do you mean every big American city?

• coldtea 4y ago
  Let's split the distance. Every big city has some homeless, but no western European city has such problems with homeless people and guns to the extend to be a problem that requires screening visitors to a library, or having metal detectors, and drug and gun checks in public buildings...
• jupp0r 4y ago
  I think you might be prejudiced here. Homelessness is a huge problem in other parts of the world too, especially Africa and parts of Asia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_homeless_population#/media/File%3AHomeless_population_of_10_000_Inhabitants.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_...
  • frogpelt 4y ago
    And Europe too. The below article seems to indicate and average of around 700k in the EU. https://www.greaterchange.co.uk/post/does-europe-have-a-homeless-problem https://www.greaterchange.co.uk/post/does-europe-have-a-home...
  • plantain 4y ago
    >they treat everyone who enters like a potential criminal. They check your bags for weapons and run metal detector wands over you. Basically the worst library experience I've ever had I don't believe there are many other parts of the world where this happens.