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dopkick t1_j91vmxy wrote

Reply to comment by Morraine in Baltimore Sees Steep Drop in Unhoused Residents by real_human__bean

I truly do not understand this sub's absolute obsession with vacant and run down homes. There are many people here who think they are the panacea to ALL woes. In reality, they're expensive gut jobs at best. Many need to be totally demolished. I suspect a vast majority of people have not actually seen the blocks where vacants are plentiful, much less the actual houses.

Even if you could magically flip the houses on the cheap. You then have to deal with the crime, lack of transportation, crumbling infrastructure, and lack of nearby groceries/businesses. Not easy.

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27thStreet t1_j92bcqk wrote

People just like the idea of solving two problems are once. It's not practical but it makes sense in people's brains that we have homeless people and peopleless homes...it should be easy-peazy to unite them.

Of course, that's not reality, but certainly you can see why the idea is popular.

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dopkick t1_j92hh4t wrote

Absolutely.

One thing I've learned about these large scale problems (homelessness, food insecurity, crime, etc.) over the years is that there is no simple answer. There's always a bunch of complicating factors (mental health, political corruption, lack of infrastructure, religious beliefs, whatever) that prevent an answer from being realized. They may not be readily apparent, but once you dig in you find out that the problem is insanely complex. But you'll have legions of people who do not understand the problem at all looking for simple answers. And they're all too happy to authoritatively share those simple answers with you.

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