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WickhamAkimbo t1_j6tln4x wrote

Reply to comment by DelTeaz in New Yorkers witnessed more homelessness, encampments during Mayor Adams’ first year by Nscience

There are any number of counties around the world that generally speaking don't have a problem with this kind of homelessness. The difference is that they force people into treatment that need it and don't tolerate extremely antisocial behavior.

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Ok_Yogurtcloset8915 t1_j6uavb7 wrote

I think the actual difference, in a big picture sense, is that those countries attack these problems on a national level, which is really difficult for anything in the US by design. that other person is sort of right in that nyc offering more services/private rooms etc will not improve its situation, because this will absolutely attract more homeless people to go to nyc. the west coast and hawaii are both experiencing this effect right now.

the situation can never be resolved when every major metropolitan area is essentially in a standoff with all the others over who can be the least appealing to homeless populations. only federal intervention can fix it at this point. I don't know what the path to that is, but cities or states acting unilaterally only leads to an endlessly increasing bill for homeless services.

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DelTeaz t1_j6tstbh wrote

And they also don’t have unfettered immigration. No migrant crisis. Their resources are used for their own community.

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azeet94 t1_j6tztmk wrote

I would like to better understand how the migrant crisis directly relates to the homelessness crisis? Assuming you're referring to illegal migrants, the vast majority of homeless people I see (anecdotal) are white/black, not Hispanic/Asian (majority of immigrants)

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DelTeaz t1_j6u8qgz wrote

Because it’s the same principle. People are coming to the city to seek the services that are being offered at the expense of people in the community. Many of the homeless you see in the streets aren’t from New York.

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