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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by misterhtmlcss on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @07:41PM (#14650577)
Bingo! Some one with big enough balls to say the actually and undesirable reality of homelessness on the streets. The richer the city the greater the homelessness, because the homeless like every animal in the world (us included) goes where life is the easiest. And rich cities, have richer populations that then donate more money to homeless people.

In my hometown there are people that quite there jobs to panhandle, because they make more money doing it. It's not common, but it happens and it shows that it's not a simple issue.

FYI mental illness is also common in the homeless population and for them I'm very much in favor of looking at any solution that'll help them have the success they desire in their lives. *Just saying.

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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by slackingoff2017 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:57PM (#14651391)
In my city the panhandlers are professionals. You can find open positions on Craigslist and there's set shifts at standardized locations. If you get up early enough sometimes you'll see a shift change. A cheap cargo van shows up, the guy gets in, and another hops out to take his place.

All of the nearby locations with panhandlers are setup this way, maybe a couple hundred spots in the city. Sometimes I wonder how many people there are running the system...

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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by jdhzzz on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:24PM (#14651025)
That which you subsidize you get more of.
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