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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean it's not just about being unsightly. It's because addiction thrives in these tent cities. New people get addicted because others share drugs or sell to them there.

I don't think we should allow people to live on public streets. And yes, there are shelters available. It just isn't what they want. [/quote]

There are many legitimate reasons why some homeless people don’t want to live in a shelter. Until we find ourselves in the shoes of homeless people, perhaps we shouldn’t judge them.

Some reasons homeless individuals avoid shelters:

- Safety risks (violence, theft, harassment)
- Lack of privacy (shared spaces)
- Health/hygiene issues (bedbugs, illness exposure)
- Substance use restrictions
- Mental health/trauma triggers
- Pet or partner restrictions
- Inaccessibility (location, capacity, eligibility)
- Negative past experiences (mistreatment, discrimination)
- Bureaucratic barriers (intake processes, religious affiliations)[/quote]

Well, sorry, but they don't get to just live wherever they wish. Accept help and/or get clean, live with family or friends, get a job, pay rent etc. If not possible, then they have to do what's offered.[/quote]

If it was easy to get clean, people would do it.  We all know rich addicted losers who would be out on the street if not for their family safety net.  Some people don't have that safety net.  It doesn't make them better or worse than other addicts.  And people like you throwing out all these so-called options as if nobody else has ever thought of them is  the height of stupidity.  You don't want to help people, you just don't want to see them.  I feel sorry for people like you.[/quote]

So everyone should be treated as if they have rich family that can dump hundreds of thousands into healthcare?[/quote]

Is that what you think is happening now?[/quote]

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