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FrequentAnnual1262 t1_j3su93r wrote

Suggest folks read James O'Connell book, "Stories from The Shadows," for humanizing insight into homelessness. O'Connell is a MD who comes from Newport, he now is a leader in Boston's homeless effort.

There are no easy or one sized answers to this need, most have complicated long term issues. Then there is the NIMBY attitude that prevails. Need to keep in mind that they are all human beings not political commodities.

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Fgw_wolf t1_j3syy01 wrote

That’s most of americas problems honestly. No one easy answer and multiple broken as fuck systems involved.

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TzarKazm t1_j3tsc82 wrote

Would you be surprised to find out that the US doesn't even break the top 50 countries in rates of homelessness? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_homeless_population

It's really not fair to make this one of "Americas problems" when it is a problem throughout the world and America does a better job than most.

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Fgw_wolf t1_j3tznfu wrote

Okay? Just because the US “does a better job than most” doesn’t mean we even do a good job. It also doesn’t thrill me that it’s even issue. We have the #1, 2 and 3 best military in the world imagine if we focused on social issues instead. So kindly fuck off with your platitudes and downplaying the issue.

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