[dark haired character, raising finger] We are gonig to solve ! homelessness
[light haired character, scared] By building more public housing, right?
[dark haired character, smugly showing spiked concrete and a separated bench] Nah, by adding more of that sweet sweet anti-homeless architecture
You fools, that will just double their numbers
Is that a threat?
It’s a non-core promise.
Bloody Tories never living up to their promises smh my head
You know those metal benches with metal arches for “arm rests” a lot of cities installed about a decade ago?
A lot of them use standard size bolts and Allen keys. No security, or maybe torx if anything.
Also an adjustable crescent wrench and multi-size Allen wrench tool fit nicely inside a pocket.
A cordless impact driver and associated bits fit in a small backpack as well.
What do those tidbits of info have in common?
Well that’s up to the reader.
TO BE CLEAR, in case anyone doesn’t understand, I am advocating for people to go out and disassemble anti-homeless architecture as a fuck you to the people who put it there. Being homeless is never a choice (not counting extreme outliers). Life is already shitting on them, denying them even a bench to sleep on for the night is just evil.
If you’re going to do this, please be ecologically responsible and reuse the material. Weld the pieces into a giant middle finger and leave it in the park.
Don’t forget, you can buy a hi-vi vest. Strangely, if I wear one people seem to think whatever I’m doing is approved by the city.
Hostile architecture
What if we just make homelessness illegal? That’ll stop them.
Three options:
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You support putting spikes where people might sleep.
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You have a homeless person camping in your living room.
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You’re a hypocrite.
Ohhhh right I forgot how random benches in the street are all actually someone’s living room.
Benches are in neighborhoods where people live and work. There are a few (with the dividers that make it impossible to lie down on them) in front of the building where I live, so I’ll accept that someone isn’t a hypocrite if he has homeless people camping right outside his house.
Where do you expect them to go if you don’t allow them to sleep in public? Where will you sleep if you ever find yourself without a home to stay in?
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