Super interesting article.

  • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    the closer you are to a sucking whirlwind of human misery, the harder it is to stay open like that. when you're just trying to get somewhere and people come up to you multiple times per block trying to sell you something, scam you, or beg for help it is terrible and exhausting. this is why cities like New York normalize a default reaction of "fuck you, get out of my face."

    • constellation [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      Houston is the 4th largest city in the US, and there were no scammers and beggars on every block. Honestly that sounds like homeless-blaming.

      • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Houston isn't dense, it's not the same kind of place at all

        like put the whole population inside the loop and then let's see what kind of exciting social pathologies develop

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      when you’re just trying to get somewhere and people come up to you multiple times per block trying to sell you something, scam you, or beg for help it is terrible and exhausting

      No wonder "the metaverse" is so dead on arrival. It's exactly that, on purpose. :agony-minion: