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ChrisFromLongIsland t1_iy2t02g wrote

Reply to comment by Janus_The_Great in A Very Moynihan Train Hall Thanksgiving: 'Wow, I Can't Even Sit Down?' by psychothumbs

They should not live or loiter in major transit centers. Billion dollar transit centers should not be the world's most expensive homeless shelters.

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Janus_The_Great t1_iy3pv8t wrote

While I share your perception of it being a nuisance in public spaces (try to find a seating option in Grand central...), limiting access won't resolve the issue.

NYC/NY/US needs to invest in social structures. As long as there is unnecessary/artifical poverty created by inhumane conditions, bad social structure and economic exploitation there will be homeless people. With the current developments in environment and society, if you're not making at 100k, prepare to become part of the issue over the next two decades.

Excluding them won't stop the issue. The US wishes to be #1, but really often shows they aren't, by far. Below the poverty line bo not live lesser people, just the less fortunate one's.

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seemsprettylegit t1_iy39liy wrote

*Tax funded public spaces. But bat your eyes away from the suffering, dust it under the rug, and toss em’ into the winter weather why not. The problem is sure to just stop existing /s.

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FrankBeamer_ t1_iy3kxnf wrote

That’s exact-fuckingly what subways in London, Singapore Tokyo etc that this sub worship do. I don’t see why NYC should be any different.

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seemsprettylegit t1_iy3liaa wrote

Because those cities don’t have nearly the same number of homeless people for a wide range of reasons. Once NYC can provide adequate housing/doesn’t gouge rent out, and not allow foreign nationals to buy out condos/apartments that they will never actually live in as a way to park money, then we’ll talk. Until then, this city has become a giant Ponzi scheme on the way to San Francisco levels of shit.

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Free_Joty t1_iy3cypz wrote

Maybe like our affordable housing requirements, we can require 15- 20% of new public spaces as homeless encampment areas?

Ie here is the train platform, but we also have room for the tent city 🙄

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seemsprettylegit t1_iy3d25t wrote

Maybe we can try to address why they became homeless in the first place?

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Free_Joty t1_iy3d6ew wrote

Maybe we can solve World hunger and war at the same time too?

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seemsprettylegit t1_iy3da72 wrote

Tf does the world matter here. You are in a NYC sub. Idk if you’re new here or just playing pretend, but it’s winter and you are going to find more homeless folks indoors. Always has been that way, and I’d rather people not freeze to death.

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ChrisFromLongIsland t1_iy3johw wrote

Yes so we use billion dollar transit centers as homeless shelters? Shouldn't we have appropriate homeless shelters with resources enstead of people living in transit centers. Throw in the obligatory most of the homeless in transit hubs are street homeless which have severe mental illness (typically schizophrenia) and or have a severe drug problem.

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Free_Joty t1_iy4169o wrote

The point is how did building new transit facilities turn into solving the homeless problem? You’ll never get anything accomplished if you keep make the scope bigger

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