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by zests 1847 days ago
What happens to all of the people who are too mentally unstable to live in a hotel/SRO/shelter?
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woodruffw 1847 days ago
The same thing that happens to them elsewhere in the US: the overwhelming majority of them are taken in by the carceral system in lieu of actual care.

I'd like to think that NYC is at least slightly better, numbers wise, but it probably isn't.

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diogenescynic 1847 days ago
In California that doesn’t seem to be the case. I can take you to streets where there a half naked people out of their mind and no cops are coming for them.
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