jeebuzpwnz t1_iunacib wrote
I definitely ride the middle pretty hard on these issues. I have tons of sympathy for people that can't afford housing, have difficulty getting jobs, have physical and/or mental issues that they can't afford to treat or are untreatable. I also sympathize with hard-working people that don't want to trip over people sleeping on the street, step in human shit; or get harassed, robbed, or worse by meth heads.
I've got no idea what the right answer is. The wealth gap has widened significantly and we don't have the level of social safety nets that most other western countries have. We don't have the same level of familial shared housing/responsibility that people in or from Asian countries have.
There's no city or state in the country that doesn't have people suffering like this, but there are absolutely places that won't tolerate it. Unfortunately that only pushes the problem somewhere else. It doesn't fix anything or anyone.
xCeladon OP t1_iuncawh wrote
What's scary is that the problem is getting bigger and bigger. I know A LOT of people who had to move back with their parents after the pandemic because they lost their job and their rent went higher. Those without a support system literally end up in the streets one day from another.
focusedhocuspocus t1_iuo6wrj wrote
That’s the secret that makes some Asian countries more successful in that area: collective caring for the health of the community. You need to actually put resources into community health and housing in order not to have massive homelessness issues in big cities.
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