• Edelgard [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    A bunch don’t allow you to bring pets. Think about how fucked up that is. I could never abandon my dog out on the streets by themselves. :sadness-abysmal:

    • Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      A bunch also have ridiculous hours as well, like you have to be in by 6pm and out by 5am which means its nearly impossible to hold a job (44% of all homeless are employed)

        • OfficialBenGarrison [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          "it's all worth it! It's ALL WORTH IT! Porky gets to keep his stuff! and PORKY NEEDS STUFF! Surely you yucky poors can go without? You somehow manage to not survive without a yacht, what's it to you if you don't have a roof over your head?"

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      yeah, it's the strict rules, the low number of beds versus high demand, almost zero accountability when abusers commit crimes. It's a total shitshow.

      • Edelgard [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        The one good thing I’ll say about Utah, is that they’ve apparently done a really decent job of providing housing services.

        Someone posted an article on here a while back about it. They bought a bunch of motels and converted them into community shelters with onsite social services / clinics.

        • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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          They stopped doing this several years ago, actually. Then they bulldozed the largest shelter in the state at the behest of developers without building anything to replace it. Now homelessness is worse than ever, mostly concentrated in Salt Lake City. It’s been really sad to see it worsen over the last few years.

          Salt Lake City is painfully transitioning from weird backwater to gentrified playground, similar to other western cities like Portland and Denver.

          • Edelgard [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            I take back any and all positive things I have ever said about the snakepit state of Utah.

            • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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              3 years ago

              It’s really upsetting that they did away with that program, because like you said, it actually worked and put a lot of people in homes.

          • OfficialBenGarrison [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Ugh, gentrification. Somehow I need to be punished for living in a place that rich people think is "chic". Proving once again :porky-happy: can be a thief while paying for something.

        • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Where I am at, I had a lady complain to me that the "affordable/day rate motel" was bringing undesireables. People have really been indoctrinated to sound like monsters on a daily basis.

          • Edelgard [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            Yeah. People have really been indoctrinated to act like monsters on a daily basis.

          • OfficialBenGarrison [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Weird how infamous boomers are for being cheapskates but that all changes if it means bolstering their ego. They'd rather lose money so they can FEEL rich than actually be materially better off.