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So, instead of finding ways to help the less fortunate and reduce homelessness, it was seen as better to find ways to get the problem to go elsewhere. As if tu

by Tozen 3y ago

So, instead of finding ways to help the less fortunate and reduce homelessness, it was seen as better to find ways to get the problem to go elsewhere. As if turning off the WiFi means the homelessness problem will just disappear too.

8f2ab37a-ed6c 3y ago
San Francisco's population of 800k never signed up to single-handedly bankroll the US's homeless population in one of the world's highest CoL cities.
- Tozen 3y ago
  But that's not what's going in this case. Turning on existing WiFi at a specific location or providing more free WiFi throughout the city, is not bankrolling all of the US's homeless. And regardless, San Francisco's homeless problem won't go away by ignoring it or pretending to. Makes more sense for the city and area to deal with it, by coming up with more effective and humane solutions. To not do so, creates a worldwide bad look and increases the embarrassment. Various people (or groups) are already making fun of the US by constantly reporting on and shooting videos of its huge numbers of homeless, to push back on the bragging, bravado, and hypocrisy.
  - 8f2ab37a-ed6c 3y ago
    The WiFi debacle is a symptom of the underlying problem of the US dumping its homeless population into an astronomically high CoL, 7x7 mile waterlocked city where regular folk with regular jobs already cannot afford to live, and expecting miracles. And miracles aren't happening despite the $700M/year budget for it obtained from the local polity. I'm not sure where you see "ignoring". SF is incapable of digging itself out of that hole. Clearly it's not a problem of insufficient spend, and the local politics will not allow for the necessary level of action, so this will continue in perpetuity until there is outside intervention. "We need to humane harder" is clearly not working. It feels good in the short term, but 10 years later things only get worse and we're scratching our heads wondering why nothing is improving.

by Tozen 3y ago

8f2ab37a-ed6c 3y ago

San Francisco's population of 800k never signed up to single-handedly bankroll the US's homeless population in one of the world's highest CoL cities.

Tozen 3y ago
But that's not what's going in this case. Turning on existing WiFi at a specific location or providing more free WiFi throughout the city, is not bankrolling all of the US's homeless. And regardless, San Francisco's homeless problem won't go away by ignoring it or pretending to. Makes more sense for the city and area to deal with it, by coming up with more effective and humane solutions. To not do so, creates a worldwide bad look and increases the embarrassment. Various people (or groups) are already making fun of the US by constantly reporting on and shooting videos of its huge numbers of homeless, to push back on the bragging, bravado, and hypocrisy.
- 8f2ab37a-ed6c 3y ago
  The WiFi debacle is a symptom of the underlying problem of the US dumping its homeless population into an astronomically high CoL, 7x7 mile waterlocked city where regular folk with regular jobs already cannot afford to live, and expecting miracles. And miracles aren't happening despite the $700M/year budget for it obtained from the local polity. I'm not sure where you see "ignoring". SF is incapable of digging itself out of that hole. Clearly it's not a problem of insufficient spend, and the local politics will not allow for the necessary level of action, so this will continue in perpetuity until there is outside intervention. "We need to humane harder" is clearly not working. It feels good in the short term, but 10 years later things only get worse and we're scratching our heads wondering why nothing is improving.