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OldBaldy1701E

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2. Yup.

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 30, 2023, 05:19 PM

Jul 2023

And what really gets me is that the city has all kinds of properties that they are not using at the moment that would be fine for some kind of temporary camp area for those who could not get into a shelter. But no, they cannot do that. Why help those who need it when the city could sell any of those properties that they have been trying to sell for several years now AT ANY MOMENT. Then, there is the matter of legal issues arising from letting people stay on the property and something happening. So, since they don't want to risk a lawsuit and they don't want to make those eyesores look like... well eyesores... so they let their own people freeze in the streets. A first world nation with third world problems is not a first world nation... just sayin...

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if - "a place usually can be found" stopdiggin Jul 2023 #1

Yup. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2023 #2