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Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by dyauspitr on Monday November 24, 2025 @12:23AM (#46030641)
You can’t unless were willing to forcibly put these people in shelters. Many of the persistent ones are hardcore drug users waiting to die, they don’t give a damn about being rehabilitated.
Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by Qwertious on Monday November 24, 2025 @01:36AM (#46031018)
The number of people who can afford a home is very strongly correlated with how affordable homes are. I therefore propose that if we can make homes more affordable, homelessness will decrease.
Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by Der_Einzige on Monday November 24, 2025 @06:02AM (#46032693)
Most people here don’t realize how much the homeless are hated and how willing trump voting Americans are to literally let them die on the streets or worse.

Schadenfreude is the dominant feeling of the times, and many if not most Americans would basically celebrate a “purge” of the homeless.

Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by array_key_first on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:05AM (#46034248)
This is just not true generally. It might seem stupid or incredibly obvious, but homelessness is mostly caused by housing prices.

In places with less affordable housing, there is more homeless people. The solution to homelessness is to build more housing.

That's the solution a 5 year old would come up with, too, but it's correct.