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In reply to the discussion: The surprisingly simple way Utah solved chronic homelessness and saved millions [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)41. Yep. Sometimes there are simple answers.
People with a stake will do their damndest to hold on to it.
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The surprisingly simple way Utah solved chronic homelessness and saved millions [View all]
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
OP
And pretty soon, the newly-homed are in positions to become contributing members of society.
Octafish
Apr 2015
#1
Seattle did. They were widely dissed by talk radio for building a 'drunk motel' for people who were
freshwest
Apr 2015
#9
And, that's the rub...the puritan mind-twist is so strong in the 'Murcan psyche.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#10
Social Darwinim is the survival of the fittest economically, eugenics by wealth. Very Ayn Rand but
freshwest
Apr 2015
#18
I suspected you were using it, but wanted to explain it in case some were NEVER taught about it.
freshwest
Apr 2015
#25
It must be a cultural thing. The expression was Christianity 101 when I was growing up.
freshwest
Apr 2015
#45
I didn't take it as "shaming" San Francisco... where I also live and (luckily) own a home.
deurbano
Apr 2015
#23
I understand the popularity of this story, but it is not applicable everywhere.
maxsolomon
Apr 2015
#13