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/MamaEOC 7d ago

Dude, even if someone gives you a home and assigns you a job stocking shelves in a socialist paradise, you will end up screaming at the voices in your head if you are experincing psychosis and addicted to an opiate.  And you wont be able to keep your job in any meaningful way and your neighbours will drive you out or you may burn your home down or let the place fall apart (think of drug addiction in rural areas: you can have farmland and a small home but if your brain is a mess, you arent going to keep it going alone for long and can be starving).

Are you all in another universe? 

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u/xenith811 7d ago

I think the cultural issues we reference are too large scale for you to understand.

I mean, we don’t even really disagree. You’re just missing like half of it.