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Curious what you think the temporary solution to public safety that’s repeatable with more money actually is? Usually it’s not lack of funding that prevents go
by ethanbond 3y ago
Curious what you think the temporary solution to public safety that’s repeatable with more money actually is?
Usually it’s not lack of funding that prevents good solutions to public safety issues, but rather people’s individual rights (very strong in the US) rubbing up against the commons’ rights (very weak in the US).
- scarmig 3y agoThe solution San Francisco implemented during APEC is an existence proof that such a solution actually exists.
- ethanbond 3y agoPrimarily by moving them to other, less visible parts of the city? I don’t see how that’s a lasting solution. The same forces that cause congregation of homeless folks and drug users in every city in every era will do it again. As is evidenced by the article.
- scarmig 3y agoStart by making sure the densest and most economically productive parts of the city are clean and safe. Recover its tax base. Then start extending the same solution to improve the situation in more marginal neighborhoods.
- ethanbond 3y agoAre you cool with these folks getting relocated to your doorstep every other week or so?
- throwaway4aday 3y agoThe US and its various states have plenty of laws that prevent anti-social behavior in public. Many of them are simply not enforced, loitering, public intoxication, vagrancy, indecent exposure, public nuisance, and many more. The activities of homeless people, drug addicts, and criminals that everyone is sick of aren't protected by the constitution.