• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    To add another layer of complexity, if all the most visible of the homeless - the crazy, the drug addicts, etc - were to vanish overnight, we would immediately stop caring about the remaining “good homeless” because they don’t impact our daily lives.

    • kase@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I think I’m missing something. How would offerring housing result in the visible homeless disappearing and not the invisible/“good” homeless? The housing is being offered to both, right?

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        9 months ago

        I’m giving a hypothetical scenario that’s not directly related to the concept of offering housing.

        My point was that we need solutions for both the visible and invisible homeless, though the current drive for solutions is almost entirely because of the visible homeless.

        And I was saying that to illustrate the complexity of the situation.

    • pinkdrunkenelephants
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      9 months ago

      So just admit that your real issue is you don’t want to see unkempt people consuming hard drugs on the streets, and address that instead of pretending this is mainly about homeless people.

      Housed people will do that shit, too, you know.