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DryGumby t1_ja3yxxk wrote

Reply to comment by Astatine_209 in After City Bans Sleeping at Homeless Youth Centers, a Center Resists (Archived link below in Comments) by irish_fellow_nyc

Some place else, the nimby solution to all my problems.

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Astatine_209 t1_ja43g82 wrote

I know, how dare people not want their children to walk past open drug use on their way to school. So evil of them.

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snailsss t1_ja4h2zp wrote

The overwhelming majority of the unhoused don't do that, you're gross. Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck and are a job loss, accident, breakup away from potential homelessness.

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shadyshadyshade t1_ja5uk5c wrote

You walk past homeless youth every day without even knowing it because they look just like you and I do. I volunteered at Ali Forney for seven years and I know what amazing, resilient and normal people the clients there were/are. Some need more mental health support than others but the vast majority just need a bed and some food and some time to plot their next steps in a city that is difficult to survive in without family support. Shame on you.

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