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Re:Engineer Converts Used Van into Mobile Laundromat, Offers... by iancmceachern on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:29AM (#26513053)
Isn't a random homeless person part of their community?
Re:Engineer Converts Used Van into Mobile Laundromat, Offers... by TimedToasts on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:36AM (#26513127)
No.

Unless you redefine community to mean 'anyone within a particular geographic area' which renders the concept meaningless.

Re:Engineer Converts Used Van into Mobile Laundromat, Offers... by iancmceachern on Saturday March 20, 2021 @07:39PM (#26526914)
I get that they are not necessarily a part of their community, but the responses to my comment have been that he is necessarily not a part of that person's community just because one is homeless. What about the area in between? Like couldn't a person befriend a "random homeless person", and then that person becomes very much a part of their community?
Re:Engineer Converts Used Van into Mobile Laundromat, Offers... by skeeter2020 on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:11AM (#26514219)
they're part of the homeless community, but that doesn't help much. Homeless people do try to look out for each other, but lack of resources and personal demons make that hard. Community is far more than physical proximty; it's often the opposite where living near each other is a symptom of the underlying values, beliefs and shared traits. There are lots of communities in the same physical area.