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/FAITH2016 8d ago

Finland is also way smaller than the USA. We are talking about a totally different scale here, not that’s not a good idea.

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

Exactly. Does Finland have a population of 350 million? I don't think so.. the culture is also different and nobody ever considers that either. Having a strong education system and placing value on intelligence definitely matters.

In the US we place value on superficial nonsense that doesn't help society at all such as the number of followers a person has, or how attractive a person is, or how much money someone really has.

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u/DippinDot2021 7d ago

Does Finland have a population of 350 million? I don't think so.

People use that excuse in this country to justify not doing tons of different things like providing universal healthcare. Because this country is so much bigger than so many other countries. Meanwhile we can totally afford it, apparently, to give billionaires insane tax breaks. In truth, we could probably afford to do a lot of things that we claim we can't and are lying to ourselves, and to each other about, with this constant America is different because of x y and z.

In the US we place value on superficial nonsense that doesn't help society at all such as the number of followers a person has, or how attractive a person is, or how much money someone really has.

Please, that is literally every country. Again, We as Americans think we are the center of the universe. Downvote me if you don't like the statement but it doesn't make it less true. Watch videos from other countries and read about articles about other cultures and see that people are just as obsessed with money and just as obsessed with people being attractive and having power and always have been. That is literally world history. We as Americans are known especially well for this kind of thing, unfortunately, but we are just better known for it. It has been done by every culture and society now as well as in the past and always has been and always will be.

That being said, there is always room to improve and do better. Which I highly recommend. So I argue that we say f*ck the whole concept that the USA or any country can't take better care of its citizens because of x y and z, and let's start doing that now!!!

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u/Yunzer2000 7d ago

The only effect that a larger population should have on implementing social programs like smaller countries have is that the program should be easier to implement and more efficient because of economies of scale!