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9Z7EErh9Et0y0Yjt98A4 t1_iuj89vo wrote

Reply to comment by aPirateNamedBeef in Brookline hills train station has leaning bars by GarnishedSteak100

A bench that sometimes I cant sit at because some unfortunate bastard is sleeping on it is still better than this non-bench I can never sit down on. This shit sucks and there's no good reason to build it.

Hostile architecture is just a way to push unpleasant social ills, like unaddressed poverty and homelessnes, out of plain sight.

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aPirateNamedBeef t1_iuj98o2 wrote

Is anyone arguing these "Benches" are good?

I agree (and as I said above) this is about pushing problems elsewhere. This is the T saying "not my problem to solve" (And I don't think it is their problem to solve).

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StudioBrighton t1_iujg48f wrote

I would argue they are trying to solve the problem by installing these benches.

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aPirateNamedBeef t1_iujhnbn wrote

I mean they are trying to solve their problem, (homeless people in the stations) not solving homelessness in general.

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