r/europe 2d ago

Picture Every country stressing about homeless people, meanwhile Poland with double side benches:

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u/KarlWhale Lithuania 2d ago

If I remember correctly, Poland and Baltic states have very low homelessness.

There are people that scour through trash bins to collect enough bottles. But they are technically not homeless since they live in old soviet apartments

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u/GovernmentBig2749 Croatian/Albanian/Jewish Pole from Macedonia living in Poland 2d ago

There are public shelters that offer food and a bed, people who choose to live outside are alcoholics, heavy ones.

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u/Lanky_Product4249 2d ago

Nah, those shelters usually have fights each night. Many bums don't want to go there because of that 

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u/JuiceHurtsBones 2d ago

Also a place is not guaranteed. There are not enough shelters for all homeless people.

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u/GovernmentBig2749 Croatian/Albanian/Jewish Pole from Macedonia living in Poland 2d ago

They are 14 just in Wroclaw metropolitan

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u/Fickle-Analysis-5145 Poland 1d ago

Never been homeless but I’d assume they’d let you in even if they don’t have any beds left. You’d just sleep on the floor