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americanextreme t1_j8ox0dg wrote

I was in NYC in September. I was amazed at how few homeless there were and how clean the city was, compared to where I live. From Manhattan to Brooklyn to the Bronx to Queens, I was impressed with how under control they had the houseless problem, relative to Portland, OR.

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mile-high-guy t1_j8oxkoc wrote

Yeah, the city isn't spotlessly clean but I really only see a few in the subways, not like tent cities in the west. Maybe I just didn't go to the right area. But they aren't as visible here (NYC)

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americanextreme t1_j8oypz3 wrote

We have a new location proposed for a new Tent City. The NIMBY crowd is like “That’s right across from a school. Are you going to make sure residents are checked to not be on the SOR?” The Houseless-First crowd is like “That’s too close to train tracks, we need locations with great access to transportation and services that are centrally located that don’t have noise, light or smell pollution.” While the Coty Planners are like “I’m going to need to pay another couple million to my friends to consult on another location if this one is going to fall through.”

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