r/europe • u/xCheezyCZ • 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/wouek 2d ago

You need to be sober to go there - this is the reason

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u/Lanky_Product4249 2d ago

Yeah but I do believe people on the streets. Many of thehomeless people have some mental illness or suffer from substance abuse. Plenty are aggresive. So sleeping alone on the street in the city center might be safer and calmer on average

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u/Long_Recording_3876 1d ago

The shelters have rules, some are better than others.

A decent shelter you can have your own room,  but they have rules.

No drugs or alcohol, and you need to prove that you are looking for a job