[orthecreedence]

> I know people are frustrated about gentrification happening in the city, but the reality is, we live in a free market society

He is free to be rich while others are poor because of the free market. Seems like his free market has created a number of people who leave urine and feces in the streets and ask people for money.

He wants the benefit of a free market without having to deal with the consequences.

[curun1r]

He's not appealing to the free market to fix the problem. He's appealing to his city's government, to whom he pays taxes and has a reasonable expectation that of dealing with problems like these.