You're getting that information from?

I hear your point about harm reduction, but from a budgetary perspective the ‘no conditions housing’ won’t make sense. Right or wrong, these programs are funded by foundations, cities, donations, and other good will and these stakeholders are interested in helping the most people the most cost effective way. That means help the ones who want it, don’t help the ones that don’t. Moreover, you can’t force a lifestyle change on a person who doesn’t want it. Also- what about harm reduction for people trying to avoid drugs, alcohol, and unstable, untreated addicts? It’s also not like it’s possible to create addicts/mentally unwell only housing.

No matter how much time, patience, resources, therapy (assuming they want it), and money are given to some people it won’t bring them to a base level of functional in mainstream society. This isn’t to say they’re undeserving of sympathy and support, but to say that in a society with limited resources and money services are going to go to the ones who stand to gain the most benefit.

I believe a previous post quoted an article saying that a few dozen were offered permanent/transition housing and only a dozen-ish took up the offer.

I like that in Germany they just played clown music around them.

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Many have denied the temporary housing available.

Lol I definitely felt like it was too mean!

That one is funny because it's harmless and mean because it's children being taught that it's okay to decieve.

It's not even a drag show. It's a drag queen, dressed conservatively, reading storybooks to children.

This guy is clearly full of shit.

The Proud Boys are a terrorist organization, they should be dealt with as such

There's a particularly foul individual spurring this on, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libs_of_TikTok

Her name is Chaya Raichik, and she is a stochastic terrorist.

>After analyzing Libs of TikTok's online activity in April 2022 through November 2022, a counter-extremism research group called Task Force Butler Institute estimated Raichik singled out a specific event, location or person over 280 times, resulting in 66 incidents of harassment or threats against her targets.

edit: She called out these events specifically, as well.

Is that really the closest "Chinese" restaurant? I have to imagine a 20 min walk gets you too better than a panda express.

At the restaurant I worked at back in college, our manager superglued a quarter to the floor in the lobby. Similar vibes. The cruel part was that the quarter was only a few paces from the quarter machines that sold gum balls, stickers, and mini toys. So many confused and sad children.

Dan's Cafe (unironically).

Anyone with a TS/SCI is getting paid decently. Not a lot of janitors that can clear that hurdle.

This guy is clearly a homelessness expert 😎

No one wakes up and decides to be homeless for funsies. Some people "chose" homeless because of mental illness (paranoia, addiction) or because the path to shelter and stability is not realistic. This means they need more help, not less.

They’ll be back Saturday …. And in olney sunday.

I’m not hardcore against drugs. I’m suggesting that maybe the “hey you’re not coming in if you’re actively using dope” rule isn’t without merit and that it’s ok for a place to create and enforce rules.

would not count out VA, I stumbled across some patriot front stickers in Stafford over the weekend.

It sounds like they did some outreach beforehand, hopefully that encourages the remaining folks to get connected to help that get them inside eventually

For now. Restaurants in that food court are dropping like flies. As are the stores.

How big of a fucking loser do you have to be to protest a drag show

What was that all about? As far as I could understand it wasn't even a real Steak N Shake but one Sysco or another company ran under contract.