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Re:Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street whe... by emodendroket on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:53PM (#28066883)
> Very seldom see homeless in Asia or Mexico (I don’t stay in tourist areas).

What on earth are you talking about? Even in Japan, famous in the Western imagination for societal cohesion and lack of crime, you can easily spot homeless people sleeping rough in Tokyo. I suppose they do a better job than American cities of keeping the problem out of sight but the idea that there are no homeless people at all in Asia is simply risible.

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Re:Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street whe... by mc32 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:00PM (#28066969)
Seldom doesn’t mean never. Yes, on occasion you come across a homeless person sleeping on the subway steps. But it’s not all urinated over and smelly. And, importantly many will engage in menial jobs, keep up appearances and try to be presentable.
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Re:Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street whe... by emodendroket on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:02PM (#28067006)
But "seldom" isn't really true either. The subway being cleaner probably has more to do with much higher levels of investment in keeping it clean than with the superior character of their homeless people.
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