San Francisco, Hostage to the Homeless

Post by herostratus101 » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 5:52 AM UTC

kjeetgill wrote: post #38

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It's stupidly easy to legislate against the results. Enforce drug laws against people shooting up in public. Problem solved. The fact that the San Francisco public is too brainwashed to do so is a big part of why I would never consider taking a job there, and I can think of no greater karmic justice than the fact that they have to suffer the consequences of their idiotic policies towards homelessness. Whatever rights…

> The fact that the San Francisco public is too brainwashed ... > why I would never consider taking a job there, > of the most coveted neighborhoods in the United States. Look, I agree more could and should be done, but hmm... you've convinced me that maybe the system works. Stay where you are bud. It's more their city yours. I can't fathom how you've managed to feel more entitlement over a city you happily feel has…

Lol, what entitlement? If anything, I'm grateful San Francisco is such a magnet for human refuse. Less of it for the rest of us to deal with.

Post by orwin » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 8:28 AM UTC

surfallday wrote: post #37

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> what does that even mean (like they only abuse alcohol?)? Only about 35% of the homeless population has an addiction. Less than half of the homeless population neither has an addiction nor a mental illness. [1] Just because there is lots of substance abuse (and yes, there certainly is), doesn't mean that the average homeless person does drugs. When you talk about the homeless population, you have to include people…

I am extremely skeptical of the 35% number. >>Less than half of the homeless population neither has an addiction nor a mental illness. Above quote implies close to half. I just find it hard to believe. If a person is otherwise "functional" (or as you say "like you") I would really want to know more about their situation if their time on the street is longer than one month. For contrast id like to point out that in th…

I was homeless for 9 month in Paris (until i got my first internship), i did not live on the street, i slept at my school or took friends beds when they were out of town, and i think most homeless do the same. And i was not alone, i think we were ~20 to do the out of 400 students. None of us had addiction (i can't tell about mental issue, after all we wanted to be devs).

I went to San Francisco 3 years ago with my familly and my sister made some homeless friends. They were not living in the street but in their cars, they had low-pay (or illegal) jobs and did not seems to have any addictions.

I think this is a definition issue. Homeless just mean you don't have a home.

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