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> Yes, these places are going to be drug infested slums. But it's still a good idea and I want my tax dollars to go towards it. From reading the article: 1: I
by gwbas1c 1y ago
> Yes, these places are going to be drug infested slums. But it's still a good idea and I want my tax dollars to go towards it.
From reading the article:
1: I got the impression a lot of these places weren't drug infested slums.
2: I got the impression that young, independent middle-class people could live in the nicer ones and save money. (Which they could use when they were ready to buy a home, start a family, ect.)
- legitster 1y agoI was being hyperbolic. I don't think all SROs would be "slums". But if we did provide housing for all 500,000+ homeless people in the US we shouldn't be surprised when some do become slums. SROs of yore came in all types, but one of the most notorious were flophouses, like the infamous "chicken-wire hotels".
- gwbas1c 1y ago> But if we did provide housing for all 500,000+ homeless people in the US we shouldn't be surprised when some do become slums. That's what happens in a free society. We can't force people to be responsible adults when they don't want to. (But we can, and should, contain any mess they create, which I think you and I agree about the bigger details.)