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Daniel Shapiro's avatar

Excellent article, Virginia.

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Leslie's avatar

What percentage of the homeless people in your neighborhood do you think comprises down-on-their-luck people living for awhile in their cars as opposed to people who are apparently unable to cope with life the way it is? Which situation do you think pertains to the vagrants who took residence on your neighbor’s couch? (One might have expected someone among “the unhoused” to move the couch to their encampment—you know, to make it a nicer space—while local government was unable to handle a basic municipal service. That no one did I find somewhat telling.) Long-term, chronic homelessness is not about the absence of a place in which to eat, drink, and litter, as suggested by the amorphic description “experiencing homelessness.” It’s a behavioral/character problem that anyone who’s had family members in that situation due to addiction and/or serious mental health issues can tell you is virtually impossible to solve but most especially if the homeless person has acclimated to the life.

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