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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does everyone keep saying that libraries are for the poor or working class? I'm rich AF and I use the library all the time. I read way too much to buy all the books I consume--since I don't re-read, it would be so wasteful. [/quote]

Who said that. I did say that the poor and homeless belong there just as much as you do.

Accessing the library computer might be their only way of communicating with their family or accessing any support service they need. [/quote]

If that’s what they are doing, yes. [b]Sleeping in the vestibule is not a proper use of the library.[/b] [/quote]

So where would you advise one to go sleep?  Seriously, pretend you entered the library and are authorized to look them in the face and inform them that sleeping in the vestibule is not a proper use of the library.  Then the person looks at you and says, "I don't have anywhere else to go or anyone who cares about me to call.  And it's so cold outside.  The shelter makes us leave in the morning and be outside all day, but I'm freezing and tired and I know I look bad and don't smell good and nobody wants to be around me.  Where should I go right now, lady?"  What would you say?[/quote]

They need to be institutionalized, its really that simple. Find some cheap land a few hours outside the city, and if you can't take care of yourself you go there and get whatever mental/substance treatment you need. It ends up being a lot cheaper this way too, rather than having to deal with the homeless separately in every single venue.

Being a public nuisance should never be an option.[/quote]

Other than whining about having to encounter the homeless, what are you doing to help them?[/quote]

Not enabling their disfunction is doing more for them, the city and everyone who likes nice things than any of you serial-enablers do. Go give them more money, more food, turn another blind eye to their public defecation, and watch their numbers grow. I'm sure it will make you feel good, until you reach your breaking-point and retreat to a car-dependant suburban cul-de-sac which is the natural life-cycle of the self-righteous transplant. That is for the one's that don't just straight out move back to Ohio. [/quote]

You are a disguring person.[/quote]

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