You asked "hypothetically what would work". There is no need for hypotheticals, since we already know what works. That debate ended years ago, and you seemed unaware of this fact, so I was letting you know.

If you have questions on how specific situations are handled, you now know that other cities are doing this already and can go learn about how they did it. If you're still asking random ppl on reddit, I'm going to assume you aren't really that interested and are just killing time at work or something.

>what would you do with the few that abuse the no-strings attached policy?

Who gives a shit?

And honestly, if you were sincere in your concern, im not sure why you'd be asking me, rather than looking into how these edge cases were handled in the places that already implemented these policies.

We know what works: a no-strings-attached housing-first policy. This isn't a mystery, it's just politically unpopular. But every city that has implemented this has seen great results.

Yeah man, minimum wage and unhealthy food will really help the destitute 🙄

League Pass is only like $15 for the rest of the season. I would just snag that. I've also had luck at the bars of suburban Mexican restaurants asking them to put on games, bc nobody goes to those to watch hockey.

I kinda like the troughs. I mean, not enough to really care, but how often do you get to pee in a trough?!

If you're calling out specifically that you went downtown last fall, it's safe to assume you don't go downtown on a daily or even weekly basis. So i don't think you have enough perspective to offer valuable input on the status of downtown.

Lol you "went downtown last fall"? Surely you're an expert then!

This literally happened to me at Southside Works once. I parked, and then realized too late that I had left my wallet at home. Nobody i approached believed me, and eventually a friend had to drive down and give me money.

Which means I would be a terrible scammer

Pipers used to have boxty during brunch, and are supposedly on the way to reopening