LogFAQs > #895419262

Mead posted...

Zeus posted...

If you want structures to be used AS INTENDED, you have to make changes when they're not being used as intended. More importantly, it's not these particular organizations' jobs to fix homelessness. That needs to be handled by other parts of government.

So you agree they have no place putting bars and spikes on benches then

The only way you could read my statement and reach that conclusion is if you were trolling. The fixes to these structures have NOTHING to do with fixing homelessness, instead they're modifying THEIR structures to ensure that the structures serve their intended function.

And, because their job isn't to help the homeless, they're not in the business of making structures designed for the homeless. After all, when it comes to government, OTHER departments exist to cover those needs. (Every single division shouldn't be deployed to ignore the thing they were tasked to do in order to fix something else.) And, in the case of private companies, they're under no more obligation than you to help the homeless. When's the last time you opened up your home so some poor guy on the street (and it's almost always men) had a safe place to sleep?

And, finally, an overabundance of homeless people frequenting certain areas drives off regular folk who may wind up pursuing opportunities elsewhere and causing a city to lose tax dollars so it's even *less* able to support the homeless and other needy groups.
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