• Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      There is a severe lack of long term care facilities for the mentally ill. We just closed them down one day and threw the insane on the street. That’s a huge part of the visible problem for sure. Not to say there aren’t countless “homeless by circumstance” people that need housing. The “homeless by choice” is definitely a problem also.

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        "We just closed them down one day and threw the insane on the street. "

        On the street or in jail over what would otherwise be trivial legal violations. -like sleeping in public.