Hackers don't have a global IT infrastructure to maintain, nor an administrative staff to market the service, provide customer service representatives, and manage resources on the back-end. Uber driver rates are cutthroat only on the ride share service.

As far as "calculating price": Passenger: I'm going to <destination>. How much? Driver: $X. Passenger: How about $Y? Etc. until a rate is agreed upon.

What if a person is genuinely content with where they live? Maybe they do live in a tent or somewhere we don't normally think of as being a home, but why is that so awful? If you don't have enough money to afford rent, does that automatically mean you should only live where other people tell you to?

Those other people being folks that have a traditional place to live and have plenty of money as well?

Not to say that a person should be able to put a tent or tents just anywhere of course but at the end of the day there should be places where they can go. It seems to me that there are those who have solved their problem and just want to be left alone.

So rather harass them, focus on those that want to change their situation instead.

You also have the issue of there being some in the homeless population that aren't capable of maintaining a household. Sure, it may sound nice to give their own apartment or a room somewhere but who's going to maintain it if they cannot?

Now if you have proper facilities where their medical and other needs can be met then ok. But this isn't some monolithic group and can't be treated as such as a result.

When my immediate family used hacks (pre-smartphone), it was typically to haul a month's worth of groceries from the local supermarket to home. The guys who were hacking stood around the supermarket exit, were regulars, and older. The rates charged were less than a regular taxi.

We never flagged down hacks on the street for general transportation, namely to avoid any negative issues. But the reason why others do it is because personal transport is unavailable (the riders don't have cars, and neither does family nor friends), and faster than taking the bus. Negotiations are done by "feel." (The driver and rider have their own ideas of what should be charged to get to a destination, so they talk a bit until a rate is agreed upon.) The rates were typically lower than taxis.

About 30% of people who live in the city don't have a car, according to the 2015 Census count. Most of that number are renters. It was purely a cash economy when I grew up. I imagine that this has changed a little depending on how technically savvy a driver and rider is, and whether the rider has a bank account (there are many people who don't).

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It originated as a sort of unofficial rideshare network predating Uber, when most taxis wouldn't pick up black people.

Hacks are unlicensed cab drivers.

It's not about showing empathy or compassion for people who are disadvantaged though. Using flowery language doesn't change a person's conditions, no matter how well intentioned they may be but actual actions do.

Also, people express themselves differently and when you don't use "woke lingo" even if you mean the exact same thing by what you are saying people will still try to argue semantics instead of focusing on your actual message and that's a distraction from the actual issue.

Now you're talking about something else entirely.

There is enough viable vacant housing stock to end homelessness, even accounting for the majority of vacants being in disrepair. You are correct that homelessness isn't the only problem a homeless person might be experiencing, but the solution to homelessness is still housing.

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It's not a feeling. The right uses "woke" as a catch all for anything they don't like, just like they did with pc in the 90s.

Use accurate terminology? Too woke.

Call people what they want to be called? Too woke.

Stop letting police get away with ignoring our rights? Woke.

...and so on.

A previous discussion

I agree that ‘unhoused’ sounds more de-humanizing to me and will be short-lived

Look man, don't let reality get in the way of a good circle jerk. It feels so good to know you have the answer. And to be able to point at a boogeyman. You injecting reality into the discussion is killing the outspoken confident white knight vibe.

Don't fret on the ride, it's tried-and-true

I'll just throw this out there - prepare to be a bit disappointed. The hikes here are largely "endless ambiguous seas of green" without the prominent features and epic landscapes of the west. The best hikes around here are going to be so-so compared to most of the stuff you're accustomed to.

The exception is when leaves start to change colors. Especially if you can head up to the New England area. That's pretty awesome and is going to be at least on par with if not beat out snowcapped peaks with yellow aspens.

I'm not trying to discourage you from seeking out hiking and camping trips. But you need to temper your expectations from what you are used to. Both in terms of the hike itself as well as the number of people engaged in the activities.

No, I’m sorry, but it really isn’t. People transitioning from homelessness, or conversely people on the brink of being homeless, need more than just a place to live - they need many supportive services. How will they pay for the electricity and water bills? Childcare? Food? You can’t just throw money at it by rehabbing a bunch of old, shitty row homes and expect anything other than them turning into crack dens.

Does anyone here actually pick them up? Seems not worth the risk/reward.

I truly do not understand this sub's absolute obsession with vacant and run down homes. There are many people here who think they are the panacea to ALL woes. In reality, they're expensive gut jobs at best. Many need to be totally demolished. I suspect a vast majority of people have not actually seen the blocks where vacants are plentiful, much less the actual houses.

Even if you could magically flip the houses on the cheap. You then have to deal with the crime, lack of transportation, crumbling infrastructure, and lack of nearby groceries/businesses. Not easy.

Oh yeah, in that part of town, it's all about respect. No matter what I acknowledge someone and just say "what's up" because you can definitely start drama by not giving that very basic level of respect.

I've been known to be a social butterfly though, so I'd probably get by okay if I were to walk around there lol. Especially since my coworkers used to live in the Sandtown/Upton area.

I do wonder if there's a term for etymological black hole that is historical UK. There's so much slang that follows a similar backwards timeline: modern term, transition point, historical term, transition point in England, 'people in X (industry, region, social class, etc etc) just starting saying this in blank-year, first written example 100 years later with five different spellings'

Oh yea no I definitely feel you bro, you definitely need to know those guys or get to know them to hang there, I live right over the line on 40 so I’m not local (also white so I stick out like a sore thumb lol) so whenever I go down there I have to hold myself to a certain level of respect and also at this point I know most of those guys by name, as long as I’m minding my own business and bringing money into their neighborhood and I’m respectful, no one bothers me.

Yes! Used to see folks all up and down Edmondson Ave making the hand signal.

The term political correctness has existed since the early 1900’s, so this isn’t a nowadays thing. The past and the present are the same. People were mad about it back then too. 🤷🏻‍♂️

3 times a week? You're a true survivor lol. I went down that way ONE time after work and it was wild af lol. But I'm from the suburbs so the whole city was culture shock

So besides the controversy, why are we doing speed bumps rather than continuous sidewalks? They accomplish the same result, just one also is safer for pedestrians where pedestrians are.