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Do you have people from all over Europe heading to Finland for the free housing? From what I can tell, a big portion of the Bay Area's problems have to do with
by tw04 3y ago
Do you have people from all over Europe heading to Finland for the free housing? From what I can tell, a big portion of the Bay Area's problems have to do with more and more people heading there, knowing that they won't be punished for drug use or the petty crimes they commit to fuel their habit, and a relatively moderate climate.
It really is quite shocking the changes in just the last decade. There seems to be some misguided belief that if you just stop punishing folks with drug problems they'll somehow "come out of it" and rejoin society as functioning members after some revelation. That's just not ever going to happen IMO.
- svnt 3y agoIt’s a great story, and maybe has some truth, but long before drugs were legalized everyone bussed their homeless to the big cities. The problem was here before the legalization.
- tw04 3y agoRight... which is why I said it's gotten significantly worse and didn't say the problem didn't exist a decade ago. There is a direct correlation to the increase in open drug use and crime in the bay area with the decriminalization of drug use and petty theft. If you're arguing otherwise, I guess I'd question whether or not you live in the area or spend any significant time there.
- svnt 3y agoI don’t know that there is good evidence of “more and more people” going to SF to be homeless and use drugs. There may be more homeless now, and there may be more open drug use, but the motivation and agency doesn’t necessarily follow.