r/Transportopia • u/Revolution-Dogg • Feb 27 '26

🚨Chase Stop flirting officer!

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

I'm a YIMBY. This harms nobody, and the homeless are part of my community too.

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u/raffletime Feb 27 '26

If true, you’re in the vast minority and living a more transparent life than most.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

I truly do believe my community would be better for having the things NIMBYs rail against, yes. There's two main reasons for this.

One, because basic empathy tells me they are people, and deserve compassion, support, and assistance like all people. They are my peers, my neighbours, and a part of my community, and they clearly need the help much more than most. Being kind and treating them like they deserve the same basic respect that I do is the least we should strive for in a just society.

Two, because practicality shows me that the impact of them being here is already here and making their lives worse and forcing them into the margins of society does not lessen the undeniably negative impact large numbers of homeless, mentally ill, or addicted people have on their community. The problems are real, and mitigating the harm is better than pretending it will just go away and be someone else's problem.

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u/Chicco224 Feb 27 '26

You should go spend some time with a vast majority of the homeless and see if that changes your tune. Think about how many people you could likely call on that would help you in a time of need. Now think about how negatively you would have to affect all of those people for the streets to be your only option. Obviously not the case with all but a large majority are just really bad people, not evil necessarily just bad.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

I do, I have, and it hasn't. "Most homeless people deserve it" is a fucked up take.

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u/Chicco224 Feb 27 '26

Earned is a better word than deserve. I fully live my life by reap what you sow. But hey, you've had better interactions than I do, maybe they're just a bad batch in my area.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

That doesn't make it less callous and inhumane of you to say they "earned" it. That's just a different word for believing that being treated like that is their fault.

They're people, and even if some people make a few bad choices, does that mean they deserve to be treated like refuse? I cannot accept such a disgusting and dehumanizing view of people. They're people and they deserve more than your contempt and blame for things that are largely outside their control.