Janus_The_Great t1_iy3wxkk wrote on November 28, 2022 at 3:50 PM

Reply to comment by avd706 in A Very Moynihan Train Hall Thanksgiving: 'Wow, I Can't Even Sit Down?' by psychothumbs

Where am I badmouthing? Im criticizing facts. If facts are perceived as problematic, well then there are issues.

I love NYC, great city, the bearing heart of the US, and iconic metropolises ob the world. That doesn't change that there are things to criticize.

Criticism is the highest form of praise or patriotism. The wish to improve. The wish to become better in the inevitable changes of time.

To be blind to criticism only underlines the wish for no change or an acceptance of decline. It means you don't wish for betterment.

Times arrow only moves forward, and with it change. My intention isn't to "badmouth" New York, but to give frank criticism, in hopes to bring focus to where improvement is needed, to prevent detoriation of what you and I love about this city.

I'm sorry if it came across to harsh or malicious, that wasn't my intention. Having grown up with Francian heritage, it's literally part of my culture to be frank.

Jave a good one stay safe.

avd706 t1_iy40mnl wrote on November 28, 2022 at 4:16 PM

Do you understand that there is a consent decree in which the city agrees to provide shelter to anyone requesting it?

Janus_The_Great t1_iy43w4f wrote on November 28, 2022 at 4:39 PM

Yes. Have you seen the quality of NYC shelters? I have. I wouldn't stay in one if necessary. I'd rather try my luck outside as long as I don't freeze to death. Violence, SA, theft and robbery are daily occurrence, next to vermin and disease. Most of the money intended for it is usually redirected as high wages for the management (which tends to live well of their proceeds, while often the absolute minimum isn't even given to the shelters themselves. There is little to no oversight.

There is a tendency to stop looking into it, after one has received calming assurance. But the right response to "No need to worry, there is shelter for everyone" is to question the quality of those shelters. If most homeless tend to stay out of them, they don't seem work as intended. Having visited some work wise, I wouldn't stay in one, simply too dangerous.

So unless there is a broader social reform, there is little change to the current situation to be expected.