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| Topic | Miami considers paying Residents to Take In Homeless People... |
| faramir77 10/23/21 4:48:59 PM #11: | ReturnOfFa posted... I like that this individual goes into more detail than you. If I'm reading that correctly: the author is addressing people that are upset about a social center that provides supports for homeless and the addicted, right? It reads as a reply to something else, so the context is tricky to fully understand without that. If so, I don't have a problem with that at all. My issue was in the old downtown area of the city, which contains various shops, restaurants, and my bank, all on a one way street which encourages you to walk up and down, rather than drive and park (meaning that you'll have a lot more direct contact with other people here). This isn't near where the author described the social support building would be. Almost every time you go to the old downtown, someone is publicly intoxicated. Often just yelling at people, stumbling on the road, begging for money, etc. The article makes it sound like the author thinks people shouldn't be upset by this. The author definitely implies that if the public wants a right to complain that they should be working to find a solution, which is unfortunate coming from the person whose literal job is to do just that. Both of these suggestions are invalid and don't do anything to solve the problem. People DO have a right to be upset. I understand that this is a classic case of "not in my backyard". I'm not going to pretend that I have a solution to this. I'm completely in favour of social supports for those in need, but solving homelessness without solving the social issues that lead to it is nothing more than a bandaid. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCtAUrZbUk -- Defeating the Running Man of Ocarina of Time in a race since 01/17/2009. -- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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