| Isn’t it possible that if you’re ODing in the middle of a city someone will notice you, vs you ODing in your trailer all alone? How do you expect addicts and mentally ill people that can’t hold a job to hold housing? How do you reinsert them into the society? I think it would be easier to create incentives for people to find work, support and housing in cheaper areas so they can get on their feet. It’s unrealistic in todays reality to expect new affordable housing in the most expensive cities in the country. I also want to live cheap in SF or manhattan, unfortunately it’s not possible. So if I want that, I have to go to a Kansas, central Florida, etc. what is lacking in those places is accessibility, support and how to get there. If that’s expected of me as a rational solution, should also be an option for a homeless person. What I cannot expect of a homeless person is for them to make it there and find something to do, secure a house, etc. How much housing would you have to build in NYC, SF, Oakland, Seattle, Portland, Boston for it to be affordable? Doesn’t make sense to expect “housing” to pop up at levels that bring rent down from 4k to welfare levels in todays reality. We can talk about utopia all you want, but it’s not happening. |