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/Ruthless4u 10d ago

A big problem is people stopping meds the moment they feel better, because why keep paying for something they don’t “ need “?

While not a psych ward I did work with long term dementia patients. A lot of the same issues but they would in up in LTC

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u/ChocolatChipLemonade 9d ago

Yeah it’s complicated. When my mother graduated pharmacy school long, long ago, her first position was at the state mental institution, working under a psychiatrist. These were patients that absolutely could not survive in the outside world. She said that when they privatized the system, it created an abundance of homelessness and loss of care for those that needed it. Kinda just pushed those institutionalized people out on the streets and said, “Good luck!” It was more about money than anything else.

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u/Professional-Tax-615 Down with Gambling ads 8d ago

I'll never stop saying it. Ronald Reagan is the reason that the United States will always have a homelessness problem. He's the reason that mentally ill people have no place where they can go live and get treated properly. Republicans voted him in right? So Republicans are the reason the world is a s****y place - as usual.

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u/ChocolatChipLemonade 8d ago

I agree with you. He just wanted to reduce funding and put responsibility onto the states, and wipe his hands clean of it. He clearly did not have the compassion or experience needed to continue the social programs that had been created before him.