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Old Posted Jan 19, 2018, 6:04 AM
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Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan View Post
Ive thought about this a lot. I live a few blocks from skid row (and have for 9 years now) and interact with these "homeless" all the time. The narrative that these are down on their financial luck kind of people is absolutely false. Most of these people are either mentally ill, drug addicts / drunks or former criminals. None of them want structure or help. We have to come to grips with the fact that there is a significant portion of society that is useless and doesnt want to be a productive member.
This is true but is also simplistic ... The main thing is we need to build housing for them... Without preconditions. Boxbro was mocked but we do need towers of microunits. The microunits downtown aren't perfect but they are very popular. We need like a hundred thousand small units at least downtown just for downtown and everything walkable and transit accessible
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