Rough sleeping has been almost eradicated in Helsinki
I wish we&#x27;d do this. I get in arguments with friends, usually the response is &quot;why should they be housed if they&#x27;re just gonna drink or do drugs?&quot; &quot;Why should there be free public restrooms? Homeless people might shoot up or have sex in them.&quot;<p>Well... They&#x27;re drinking, shooting up, and having sex right at the bus stop, so I&#x27;d happily pay to have them do it out of sight, without even considering the fact that it&#x27;s more moral to care for the downtrodden.<p>So much pride seems wrapped up in it. &quot;why should I pay for someone else to be a lazy drug addict? That&#x27;s MY MONEY!&quot; It&#x27;s not a solution oriented mindset. Like, they&#x27;re gonna shoot up on the street where you gotta step over their needles, or in a house away from you. Seems obvious to me, even if it&#x27;s more expensive.<p>If you&#x27;re looking for a similar solution to getting the homeless out of sight without &quot;costing tax-payer money,&quot; the only one I can think of is murdering the homeless, or maybe shipping them to an island? Obviously, insane. So how do I overcome the pride barrier in these conversations?