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Those evil socialists are hiding their homeless in homes (lemmy.ml)
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[-] davel@lemmy.ml -4 points 4 days ago

I think you’re confusing real life homelessness with a cartoon of a drunk who lies down to sleep it off for the night.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 22 points 4 days ago

I assume what you're implying is that you can't put a tent there. Okay, why not fucking say that then? Homeless people around here rarely use tents, for reasons that I do not know because I am privileged enough to not be homeless, and they could probably just arrange their stuff around those shapes, put their mattress between them and go to sleep - which is why "tent" isn't the first thing that popped into my head.

Thank you for making me jump through hoops to understand a thing.

[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago

That guy is tripping.your questions are along the same as the ones I have. A lot of unhoused people I have seen don't have tents either.

[-] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 days ago

Even so, you could drape a blanket over 3 of them and you've got yourself a free tent, so your question still stands. The dude's just an asshole

[-] SpermHowitzer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago

I have seen a lot of homeless in downtown Toronto who have a cart or backpack of belongings, and sleep directly on the subway vents with no tent. I get what the other guy is asking, I also don’t see how these metal silhouettes are going to stop someone sleeping on that grate.

[-] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 days ago

They won't necessarily stop someone from sleeping on them entirely. It will certainly limit how they can be slept on. I imagine the point is to make it just uncomfortable enough for homeless people to look to sleep elsewhere. I also imagine that they would completely block these off if there was a quick and reasonably aesthetically pleasing way to do so without much cost. This is simply the compromise they've come to.

[-] aport@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

One of the examples of hostile architecture in the OP is bars on a park bench. Is that to prevent pitching a tent too?

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