Feeding Homeless Apparently Illegal in Raleigh, NC (w/MAJOR update at 4:43 PM)

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45. Actually opposition from business owners is very common in a lot of areas.

The theory is that having a concentration of homeless people in a particular area will be an "inconvenience" to their customers and drive some of them away. Then there are some people who simply are uncomfortable with actually observing homeless people as if keeping homeless people out of sight will somehow drive away the problem of homelessness itself, which of course it won't. Pointing out these sad facts in no way should suggest agreement with it. Of course I would hope and expect that everyone at DU supports homeless people and people who are attempting to help them. And we should do all we can to personally help as well. If we don't have that attitude then we are at the wrong forum. But pointing out reasons why some people might oppose helping the homeless is important too. We can't fight the problem if we don't understand the roots of the problem.