This is nuts--would they prefer those homeless camp somewhere that they're NOT welcome? It's not as if the city would be free of homeless people if they succeed in stopping this one guy from hostinghttps://twitter.com/schmangee/status/1052552712720670721 …
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I don't care, they are there for a reason. Use it or suffer.
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imbecile, using it is more suffering than not using it, otherwise guess what: they would--look what this mentality gets you!
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okay and what about the suffering of the neighbors? Do they just not matter? What about the sudden influx of vagrants into a previously undisturbed community? People tend to be homeless for a reason, likely mental disorders or drug use that this man cannot manage
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dude we have plenty of homeless in my city and I take the bus to work and deal with them every day: I'm not a fan. But they are *already* here and *already* make neighbors suffer even w/o a guy playing host. I'd rather they all have somewhere to be which they'll actually go to.
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If this man can't manage them, he'll figure that out, and the city will be back to square one (Akron isn't exactly a lovely place to begin with--lotta desperation there from what I can tell). If he can, so much the better for everyone except the immediately adjacent houses.
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They can be arrested for loitering, being drunk in public, and a myriad of other crimes when in public spaces. You set a horrible precedent by allowing emotions to sway you in this case because you just know NGOs will set up legal "safe houses" to ruin previously nice areas
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This isn't about emotions, it's about pragmatism: arresting people for nuisance stuff like that never puts them away for good, and rarely puts them away for more than a night. Then they're right back at it again. I see it every day: I would 100% prefer someone take them in
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As for NGO "safe houses" what exactly do you think shelters are? Do you think people don't oppose those too? I don't ultimately care where they stay so long as they're off the street: if shelters can't accomplish this, I don't see a problem with letting a volunteer try instead
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And it doesn't change the zoning precedent issue
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