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  I think people focus, rightfully, on where homeless people will sleep. I just wish there was A LOT more focus on why people are homeless in the first place. I would argue that a country with a homeless problem like ours is a failure, outright.
  You don't get as many homeless people as we have without real inequality problems and a complete lack of willingness to assist those who fall on hard times. If every job paid a living wage, people would fall into the homelessness trap far less often. Yes, some would still, but many become homeless due to economic factors outside of their control. And once you're homeless, it's fucking HARD to end that cycle.
context: $750 fine for being homeless is hilarious. >
  
  I am sure that will stop it.
  I am losing my job, my income, my house, my family but I will stop all that because I might get fined $750.
  Just insane. Do these people not understand they are homeless because they don't have $750 to their name? >
  
  They don't want to fix homelessness. The cruelty is the point. In some places it's illegal to sleep in your car. In some places it's illegal to have 4 roommates. >
  
  They want to move them out of the towns and into the countryside, where they cannot be seen, so are easier to ignore.
  Maybe some would say eradicate, but we are not at Soylent Green levels yet. >
  
  No, city dwellers in general don't want a bunch of homeless people around either.  It's an insanely complex issue that nobody seems to want to address.
  I've never met a homeless advocate who wanted the homeless people to live on their street, on their sidewalk or in their alley.