r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Garey_Coleman • 10d 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/jimthesquirrelking 9d ago

Publicly accessible maintained bathrooms help prevent this

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u/IBetYr2DadsRStraight 9d ago edited 9d ago

I like to sit in a park near my house. About 500 feet away, there’s a public restroom. It’s not always the cleanest, but it’s enclosed and the toilet, urinal, and sink regularly work just fine. I still commonly see men come into the park to pee on a tree.

Some people just suck.

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u/senderoluminado 9d ago

The park I go to here in Los Angeles has a nice set of soccer fields, which is only about 500 feet or so from a decent set of public bathrooms (one time the urinal got smashed up and it only took the city a couple of days to fix it) and there are port a potties.

There is also a tree and damn if it hasn't collected some international piss when it's dark during rec soccer nights. Arabs, Africans, Brits, Persians, Russians, Ukrainians, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Narnians, all manner of Americans, they all piss on that tree.

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u/StarrySkiesNY 9d ago

And they're all MEN pissing on the tree.