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German City Installs Ulmer Nests, Sleeping Pods For Homeless People
India Times ^ | 1-22-21 | Shreya Chauhan

Posted on 01/23/2021 7:08:47 AM PST by dynachrome

The pods, which are made from wood and steel, were put in parks and other places, a spokesman for the city said.

To shield the homeless from the wind and cold, the beds have been equipped with thermal insulation. They are also big enough for use by two individuals.

There are no cameras, and when they are in use, sensors are triggered.

Those behind the project, amid some delays, announced that they had eventually been rolled out just as the weather began to take a turn for the worse.

(Excerpt) Read more at indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: addicts; bums; derelicts; germany; loveshacks; openairtoilet; roomfortwo
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Lol! I remember my Dad trapping a squirrel that had been attacking birds at his feeder. He asked me to drive him somewhere relatively remote to release it. I pulled over, he opened the trap and shook it, but the damned squirrel hung on inside it. My Dad was cursing so loudly I was afraid the people in the nearest house would hear him and call the cops.


21 posted on 01/23/2021 7:37:53 AM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: dynachrome

How many other folks thought of all of the communicable diseases and vermin that will infest those little coffins?


22 posted on 01/23/2021 7:40:38 AM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: dynachrome

Gee let me go lie in that POD filled with urine and feces. Nan Pelosi needs to get about 25,000 for her chit pit San Francisco.


23 posted on 01/23/2021 7:42:01 AM PST by oust the louse (The LEFT has no principles, it only has goals! They are the party of death, cheating and taxes.)
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To: dynachrome

Looks like a horizontal port-o-let. Nice green touch with the solar panel.


24 posted on 01/23/2021 7:45:56 AM PST by V_TWIN (Where's Hunter???)
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To: dynachrome; All
This sort of thing is because Leftist "Progressive" policies have made such things as cheap boarding houses illegal.

Let the market work, and a person could rent a cot and locker, with a shared community bathroom, for $5 a day, or $100 a month.

Cannot do it, because of zoning, liability, licensing and building codes.

25 posted on 01/23/2021 7:46:47 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: dynachrome

Like everything else these feel-good exercises will result in failure. They will be abused and destroyed. Remember Portland, OR and their free winter blankets to the homeless? Sold for drugs or booze. Seattle’s “share a bike”? Stolen and sold for parts.


26 posted on 01/23/2021 7:48:21 AM PST by Oatka
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To: V_TWIN
I think there might be a cpoyright infringment
27 posted on 01/23/2021 7:52:43 AM PST by V_TWIN (Where's Hunter???)
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To: dynachrome
Should have just called them open air toilets.

It's all fun and Leftism until they start taking dumps in them. There's also nothing like the stench of a dead body after someone overdoses and dies in one.

Might as well affix permanent signs to them: "Exhibit A, Exhibit B, etc."

28 posted on 01/23/2021 7:53:09 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: ZOOKER

German City Installs Ulmer Nests, Sleeping Pods For Homeless People

I expect the US will need a whole lot of those during the biden reign.


29 posted on 01/23/2021 7:53:26 AM PST by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: Texas Eagle

If my reeducation camp has dogs and snow I might be ok.


30 posted on 01/23/2021 7:53:35 AM PST by Riley85
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To: Riley85
Oh, I guarantee there will be dogs. But they won't be Westies and Yorkiepoos.

As for the snow, I'm sure they'll be more than willing to acquiesce to your request.

31 posted on 01/23/2021 7:55:54 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Mutts will be fine. But if the Dems know that I like snow and dogs I’ll be stuck in the desert at a cat camp.


32 posted on 01/23/2021 8:05:09 AM PST by Riley85
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To: Riley85

Ahhhh. You are wise to the ways of reverse psychology.


33 posted on 01/23/2021 8:15:49 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: dynachrome

I’ll make an easy prediction - any city that adopts this will end up with more “homeless”, aka druggies and mentally ill.


34 posted on 01/23/2021 8:23:04 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: V_TWIN

The top photo looks right handy for a fork lift to load them on a truck for shipping them out.


35 posted on 01/23/2021 8:45:40 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: BenLurkin

What you subsidize, you get more of. The easier you make it to be a bum, the more bums you will have.


36 posted on 01/23/2021 8:52:58 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (We Must All Hang Together, or Most Assuredly, We Will All Hang Separately ~ Benjamin Franklin)
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To: dynachrome

Ew.
What could go wrong? During a pandemic.


37 posted on 01/23/2021 8:56:48 AM PST by Scotswife
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To: butlerweave

“Are they easy to Hose Out after a few days ? LOL”

Considering who the target “audience” is, that need is almost a given.


38 posted on 01/23/2021 8:57:25 AM PST by PLMerite
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To: BeauBo
“When they are in use, sensors are triggered”

The pods can then be easily moved, and the trapped vermin released relatively unharmed into neighboring cities.


Must be part of new no touch delivery covid rules.
39 posted on 01/23/2021 10:22:17 AM PST by MAAG (Tetelestai, paid in full. You are as righteous as God is. Double jeopardy is forbidden.)
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To: dynachrome
Two people? When it's 100 outside? Closer than 6 feet! Oh, no! They're all gonna die. Ah! No, I see.

40 posted on 01/23/2021 11:19:11 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Die-ggl,TWT,FCBK,NYT,WPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antf,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP,MSNBC )
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