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Re:48% of NYC riders do not pay the bus fare by Retric on Thursday August 29, 2024 @03:11PM (#41394293)
Never really had that thought, most people get off the streets.

Long term homeless are on the streets almost exclusively for reasons of severe mental illness not lack of skills etc.

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Re:48% of NYC riders do not pay the bus fare by dumbo-octopus on Friday August 30, 2024 @10:59AM (#41401350)
Ah. I should have guessed the “homeless people categorically cannot do the things I can do and never will” axiom was at the root of this argument. I chose not to be so defeatist nor elitist.
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Re:48% of NYC riders do not pay the bus fare by Retric on Friday August 30, 2024 @05:19PM (#41404578)
You have that backwards, plenty of ex homeless people working in IT.

Further most homeless end up in paying jobs, which says something about those who don’t make that transition.

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