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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by chance_state on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:26PM (#22514209)
>It's dystopian, of course, that the provision of basic needs like these falls to a private coffee chain [...]

I live in a major metro city like Austin. The homeless can easily get three hot meals a day, a warm bed every night, and all the hygiene necessities they need for free.

I don't think you should assume they're in Starbucks because the resources aren't available elsewhere.

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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by burkaman on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:45PM (#22514347)
Austin shelters do not have anywhere close to enough capacity: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2019/10/31/as-s...
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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by _bxg1 on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:38PM (#22514299)
Austin at least has a massive shortage of homeless shelters. I don't think it's a rare case.
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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by pjc50 on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:44PM (#22514340)
I find this very hard to believe, and if it's true, someone should tell San Francisco.
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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by lazyasciiart on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:30PM (#22514237)
I live in a world informed about homelessness and resources available to them. You're wrong.
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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by dang on Saturday March 07, 2020 @07:24PM (#22515263)
Ok, but in that case a good HN comment should share some of what you know so that fair-minded readers can learn. "You're wrong" doesn't teach us anything.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by lazyasciiart on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:42AM (#22523050)
I really didn't think anyone needed to learn that homeless people aren't swanning around every major city dining on hot meals three times a day and overwhelmed with choices on shelter and resources. In my experience literate people who argue otherwise are deeply committed to a false worldview and information is no more going to change their minds than a high school science course might change the Westboro Baptist Church.
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