spoil_of_the_cities

spoil_of_the_cities t1_j0os07y wrote

I recall after the Hurricane people figured out payphones still worked.

There was a small pile of quarters on top of the one by me in case people didn't have quarters.

I did one better though, I went and stood by the hospital hoping they'd have a cell tower running on the backup generator and they did.

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spoil_of_the_cities t1_j07nn8f wrote

Having a hard time figuring out these fine distinctions between places the city sends homeless people. Certainly apartment-style shelters have existed a long time, family shelters and safe havens. I guess the difference here is the nonprofit makes its money by taking 30% of the resident's SS/disability/welfare check rather than by charging the city?

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spoil_of_the_cities t1_j07cr4u wrote

So we're used to developments where the affordable housing units are mixed with normal units, here seems like they're mixing homeless shelter units with affordable housing units.

Seems good if they properly select the residents, but not gonna do anything for people who won't go to the shelter

Do these places allow drugs?

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