Posted on 03/25/2024 4:59:14 AM PDT by Cronos
Build cheap housing and they will come. Then what?
The author doesn’t mention two of the biggest factors that work in favor of these two countries when it comes to dealing with homelessness: (1) their populations are very homogenized, and (2) there is a cultural aversion to many social pathologies and uncivilized behavior.
Japan has a lot of homeless. They just don’t report or INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH want to be a weight on the social system.
I used to buy dinners for the homeless in Japan and would spend time with them. A lot of them are homeless because they lost their job, which means they’re unhireable because you’re supposed to stick with one job throughout your whole life. One fellow I spent time with lived under a bridge in Osaka and lost his job. His wife left him with the kids, and locals would give him food and drink.
Also, the homeless in Japan are very industrious. In Kyoto, they build wooden apartments under bridges. Little 10x10 ft boxes, some with generators outside, and they’d be watching TV or such inside. Also, drugs etc. aren’t a problem in Japan, so you don’t have the irrational behavior that comes with that.
I’d think Finland’s territory and incidents of homelessness could work very well to sort out the problems.
If the Finns encounter a homeless person, they can drive them up into the wilderness and drop them off next to an empty shack. The shacks can be well stocked... or not... not my problem. But they’re now no longer homeless, they are living a rugged off-grid wilderness lifestyle.
Maybe because these countries don’t have 10’s of millions of illegals soaking up all the jobs and absorbing all the low income housing options?
Two words: Cabrini green (for those that don’t know, Google it.).
I’m inclined to believing nothing is a human right if someone else is compelled to pay for it. I therefore prefer the Japanese alternative.
Let’s not forget to factor demographics into the equation
A huge advantage for both Japan and Finland is that they have homogeneous populations. I e. they are not really multicultural the way we we’re pushing it everywhere else.
Oops. You beat me to it.
THe socialists wopuld never give freedom to the homeless. They want them tied tu the nanny state in perpetuity.
THe thread article does not deal with the mentaly ill or drug addiction aspect where people’s ability to stabilize themselves is almost impossible. Finland and Japan may not have these as a problem beacuase they do not have drug cartels, large populations of veterans with PTSD related issues, nor extra national organized crime from China, Russia, or Muslim nations.
America needs to be disciplined about solving homelessness.
They forst need to shut down the drug supply from China and SOuth America.They also need to house veterans who are on the street.Also there has to be a return to providing institutional homes for the mentally ill and drug addicts with therapy.
BUt the socialists do not want to solve the problems, they want to perpetuate them and keep the associated money trains delivery pork into their pockets.
Not surprisingly, it reduced the number of people on the street.
true
Well, that stupid article didn’t actually say or reveal anything at all.
Amen, and don’t forget the taxpayers have to supply the heat water and electricity in perpetuity. BUT! they’re not HOMELESS.
Americans have provided the world some useful experimentation, proving that emptying mental institutions onto the streets and protecting the right to panhandle, use drugs and poop on the streets doesn’t create good results.
I think that “most” cities in the US provide a “shelter” of some sort that is available to homeless people. Thus, in my opinion, if you don’t use that shelter (food and a safe place to sleep), you should be given a ticket (fine) and if you don’t show up in court you get arrested just like all other misdemeanor violations. If you don’t have an ID, or refuse to provide one, then you should be arrested on the spot until your ID is determined.
If you keep getting arrested, you likely are mentally ill and should undergo testing. If you are found to be mentally ill, you should go to a state run mental facility.
In no event whatsoever should you be allowed to stay on the street. Liberals love “the “visible” problem” of homelessness so they can bitch and whine which makes them “feel good”.
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