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pinkstarburst

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9. "not in my backyard"
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 05:18 PM
Oct 2023

Hypocritical people who say they support something as long as that undesirable "something" goes in on the other side of town.

So where I live they keep trying to get unhoused people off the streets, out of the woods (all over town, where they are starting fires), and into housing. Seems like a good idea, right? Except every single time they propose a site for doing ANYTHING organized for the homeless, whether it is a new shelter, an outdoor campsite where they will bring in portable showers, toilets, internet, counseling and health services as well as meals several times a day, or buying hotels to convert into homeless housing, the people living next to that site sue and get all shouty with a long list of reasons why next to their house is the wrong site, but down the road 10 miles is the perfect site.

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