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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by bradleyjg on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:04PM (#14648252)
I don't know when you lived in NYC, but it has certainly gotten worse in the last few years. I'm tempted to date it from the start of the de Blasio administration but I couldn't swear to it.
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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by throwaway91111 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:07PM (#14648287)
How do the homeless survive the winter?
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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by bradleyjg on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:28PM (#14648520)
In addition to what others have said, NYC is legally mandated to, and mostly does, provide sufficient shelter beds. Some homeless people for a mix of reasons, some quite rational, avoid these shelters. However on the coldest nights of the year they are an option even for people that would usually rather avoid them. A similar story applies for Rikers Island (jail) or the public hospital system.
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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by dmoy on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:13PM (#14648354)
Some can find shelter. Sometimes open vent grates on the ground provide heat (until they start putting spikes on those). Sometimes you can make fire someplace. Sometimes you have to migrate away. Or, you freeze to death...
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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by sp332 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:21PM (#14648440)
Well if you die of a drug overdose, cancer, heart disease, assault, car accidents, or suicide, the cold weather can't get you. http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016... http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017...
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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by jkingsbery on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:20PM (#14648424)
I work in NYC. Not that I have hard evidence, but that seems about when it got worse to me too.
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