r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Garey_Coleman • 9d ago

Where are the homeless supposed to go?

Cities have been cracking down on homeless people so they can’t have encampments or stay on sidewalks. At the same time usually the shelters are full. So those who are unable to get into a shelter, where are they supposed to go?

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u/mkt853 9d ago

Sounds fancy. In America they will live in a giant cage under a tent in the middle of gator infested tropical swamps that flood frequently.

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u/Just-Performance-666 9d ago

It's also that being unemployed wasn't really an option in the USSR, neither was "choice"

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u/PyroNine9 9d ago

Being unemployed for long isn't really an option in the U.S. either. But at the same time, nobody has to give you a job, much less a job that actually pays enough to live.

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u/WMBC91 9d ago

Being unemployed for long isn't really an option in the U.S. either.

You are (I suspect deliberately) missing the key point that in the USA, like most countries, you are free not to work but obviously that means you probably have no money.

But hey, if you got rich and want to stop working, or got a massive inheritance, or even your family is happy to provide for you - etc etc... you don't have to work.

In the Soviet Union this wasn't allowed - this was literally a crime and you could be prosecuted if you refused to work until your retirement. You are essentially the property of the state who compells you to work for them.

Yeah, it's a world of difference.

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u/PyroNine9 9d ago

No, I'm just pointing out the reality for the VAST majority of people in the U.S. You are the living parody of the rich who think the person having abuse heaped on them at work must like it since they haven't quit.

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u/WMBC91 9d ago

You are the living parody of the rich who think the person having abuse heaped on them at work must like it since they haven't quit.

Lmao. I'm a lower middle class Brit who earns just enough to support a family of four on one wage. You've pulled that bizarre statement out of thin air.

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u/PyroNine9 9d ago

Evidently the phenomenon of the temporarily embarrassed millionaire occurs on both sides of the pond.