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Oh, no, poor people might share the bus with me. Wouldn't want poor or mentally ill folks to do things like get to a doctors appointment, buy food, or visit fam

Oh, no, poor people might share the bus with me. Wouldn't want poor or mentally ill folks to do things like get to a doctors appointment, buy food, or visit family if they can't get there invisibly. /s. Now is when I'd like to remind you that you share spaces with mentally ill folks every single day and you don't notice a thing: A lot of destitute folks are disable and being destitute shouldn't mean that you have to have a lonely and hard life. And I'd also like to mention that you can both be destitute and have a job. You can be mentally ill and have a job.

supersour 4y ago
I think the parent comment is referring the homeless population which is violent or too public in their drug use/paraphernalia. Pick the right bus line in Vancouver. You will notice mentally ill, violent people, and it certainly discourages the public from using public transit. Now, will waiving a $2 fee change this meaningfully? Hard to day. But it's not helpful to ignore the problem.
- mixmastamyk 4y ago
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FormerBandmate 4y ago
DC has a lot of dangerous homeless lunatics and criminals. Poor and mentally ill are euphemisms that also include many people who don’t fall into those categories
mixmastamyk 4y ago
You’ve obviously never taken the LA metro episode of the walking dead. And the ignorance shows.
- Broken_Hippo 4y ago
  1. Of course I'm not going to reference a TV show. They aren't exactly known for realism. I've seen how they think poor people live, after all. 2. One line, a city, or a few riders isn't an issue with busses, be they with or without fares. That's society not taking care of folks. Plus, it would be ridiculous to think that it would be like this everywhere.. because it isn't like this everywhere now.
  - mixmastamyk 4y ago
    If you really want to help folks, get them a home and treatment first. Before inflicting your "utopia" on us transit riders.
    - Broken_Hippo 4y ago
      How are they supposed to get to treatment if there isn't a transit system to help them with that? And of course folks should have housing and treatment. The reason we have issues in some areas is because they aren't doing that. It doesn't meant that we shouldn't provide public transport to everyone that wants it, though. It is quite possible to do more than one thing at the same time.
      - mixmastamyk 4y ago
        No, some things are prerequisites to others. See project management. They are not going to inpatient treatment and housing voluntarily on the bus. Is the guy screaming obscenities at the air even aware of all his treatment options? They often need to be coerced, so trained individuals need to bring them there humanely. If they are just having bad luck, they will mostly likely need their belongings brought with them. Both these things point to van transportation with trained drivers. Not the city bus. You might spend some time thinking through the problem rather than casting aspersions. But one of those is easier, isn't it?
        mixmastamyk 4y ago
        Today I learned wokescold is a word.

supersour 4y ago

I think the parent comment is referring the homeless population which is violent or too public in their drug use/paraphernalia. Pick the right bus line in Vancouver. You will notice mentally ill, violent people, and it certainly discourages the public from using public transit. Now, will waiving a $2 fee change this meaningfully? Hard to day. But it's not helpful to ignore the problem.

mixmastamyk 4y ago
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FormerBandmate 4y ago

DC has a lot of dangerous homeless lunatics and criminals. Poor and mentally ill are euphemisms that also include many people who don’t fall into those categories

mixmastamyk 4y ago

You’ve obviously never taken the LA metro episode of the walking dead. And the ignorance shows.

Broken_Hippo 4y ago
1. Of course I'm not going to reference a TV show. They aren't exactly known for realism. I've seen how they think poor people live, after all. 2. One line, a city, or a few riders isn't an issue with busses, be they with or without fares. That's society not taking care of folks. Plus, it would be ridiculous to think that it would be like this everywhere.. because it isn't like this everywhere now.
- mixmastamyk 4y ago
  If you really want to help folks, get them a home and treatment first. Before inflicting your "utopia" on us transit riders.
  - Broken_Hippo 4y ago
    How are they supposed to get to treatment if there isn't a transit system to help them with that? And of course folks should have housing and treatment. The reason we have issues in some areas is because they aren't doing that. It doesn't meant that we shouldn't provide public transport to everyone that wants it, though. It is quite possible to do more than one thing at the same time.
    - mixmastamyk 4y ago
      No, some things are prerequisites to others. See project management. They are not going to inpatient treatment and housing voluntarily on the bus. Is the guy screaming obscenities at the air even aware of all his treatment options? They often need to be coerced, so trained individuals need to bring them there humanely. If they are just having bad luck, they will mostly likely need their belongings brought with them. Both these things point to van transportation with trained drivers. Not the city bus. You might spend some time thinking through the problem rather than casting aspersions. But one of those is easier, isn't it?
      - mixmastamyk 4y ago
        Today I learned wokescold is a word.