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Originally Posted by TheRitsman
You can not want homeless people or those with addictions issues on your front doorstep without completely dehumanizing them and speaking about them as if they're vermin. Homeless people want to be dealing with mental health issues and freezing cold even more than you don't want to see or acknowledge them, I can guarantee you that.
Ironically, the more you push for non-solutions, the more they will cause you issues because homelessness and addictions doesn't go away via wishes, policing, nor any number of interventions that don't respect them as humans first.
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I recommend you read about the open drug scene in Zurich in the 1980s and early 90s.
This is not a homeless problem, it's a drug problem. and until people come to terms with that nothing will change. No amount of handing out food, clothing and wishful thinking is going to put an end to this problem.