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cost-constrained solution for homelessness would look a lot more similar to a prison than to a lavish suburb Why wouldn't this just devolve into a slum? I went

cost-constrained solution for homelessness would look a lot more similar to a prison than to a lavish suburb Why wouldn't this just devolve into a slum? I went to a military academy boarding school, and the largest barricks building on campus took on some of the qualities of a slum on the weekends, to the point where some adults would have some trepidation entering it. The problem with institutional solutions like this, is that they concentrate the problematic and traumatic elements. What if homeless people were dispersed in normalized environments that could absorb and dilute the problematic or traumatic elements in their lives? (With some additional professional supervision and help, of course.)

MichaelRo 3y ago
Well, normal environments cost a lot of money. A shit ton of money. You know how much an 80 square meters apartment costs in Paris? 1 million euro. Normal people can't afford "normalized environments", let alone handing them to the homeless. And secondly, have I mentioned that a lot of these people aren't normal? Have you lived in a neighborhood near these mentally ill people? I lived and I moved. I could afford to since I was renting and it wasn't worth having these psychos around. And there was just one of them nearby, let alone having more of them concentrated.
- stcredzero 3y ago
  Well, normal environments cost a lot of money. A shit ton of money. You know how much an 80 square meters apartment costs in Paris? 1 million euro. There are cheaper places in France and the US. Have you lived in a neighborhood near these mentally ill people? Yes. In SF, outside our apartment window, two different homeless at different times would sometimes stand on the nearby corner and scream at their demons. And there was just one of them nearby, let alone having more of them concentrated. Note that I was advocating the opposite of having them concentrated.

MichaelRo 3y ago

Well, normal environments cost a lot of money. A shit ton of money. You know how much an 80 square meters apartment costs in Paris? 1 million euro. Normal people can't afford "normalized environments", let alone handing them to the homeless. And secondly, have I mentioned that a lot of these people aren't normal? Have you lived in a neighborhood near these mentally ill people? I lived and I moved. I could afford to since I was renting and it wasn't worth having these psychos around. And there was just one of them nearby, let alone having more of them concentrated.

stcredzero 3y ago
Well, normal environments cost a lot of money. A shit ton of money. You know how much an 80 square meters apartment costs in Paris? 1 million euro. There are cheaper places in France and the US. Have you lived in a neighborhood near these mentally ill people? Yes. In SF, outside our apartment window, two different homeless at different times would sometimes stand on the nearby corner and scream at their demons. And there was just one of them nearby, let alone having more of them concentrated. Note that I was advocating the opposite of having them concentrated.