Hopefully, no one is advocating for doing nothing and leaving it in place. To some degree I think tearing it down was a start, but not a well thought out solution. I personally think that ignoring these sort of encampments only allow the problem to get worse. I think they definitely need to be broken up, but simultaneously services need to be put in place to address these people’s issues. Drug addiction, poverty, homelessness from being kicked out of other protective services. The list could go on forever, but these are huge and difficult problems that we need to address.

I am so glad that I can block people on this platform.

I was out with friends and my neighbor called to tell me to get on my roof. Too much light pollution where I was 😭

I would like to know the difference in survival rates of fires with one staircase in these situations. It’s easy to change codes based on political factors, but I’d rather do them based on statistical ones.

I love it when people are empathetic and helpful. They made your day and hopefully you passed it on.

Yes, this is the future of education! You get on the subway and start taking your continuing education class for the next 20 minutes.

Feel free to post venting posts! As the mod, that somehow feels like inappropriate behavior for me.

One of the things that most people forget is that the t was saddled with a bunch of debt from the Big dig. This has prevented it from functioning and recovering from most of the problems of the last two decades.

I love the idea of this but I am a little confused by the metaphor. Who are the monsters in this? What does this actually teach kids about climate change? I’m not trying to be negative here I’m just a little confused.

Normally I would agree with you but she seems to be holding that tomato in two hands. How many tomatoes can you hold in two hands?

Thank you for all your thoughtful and persistent commentary in this thread. You’ve given me a lot to think about.

Agreed

I don’t care about dignity, I just don’t want to die like my dad did. He had ALS and it was a very slow degeneration that seemed very painful.

Thank you for the analysis! I was afraid that this had no teeth and I think that fear may have been correct.

They would have to put it in a dirty basement or I just won’t accept it as the rat.

They put in some work and they deserve some Internet points!

These shows where you have to fall in love seem like a dystopian nightmare to me, but I guess if people are entertained…

Haven’t we already been granted a police state? In all seriousness hopefully these cameras will help.

I think the lottery is a tax on the poor and the uneducated. It should be banned along with other forms of gambling which just pray on human weakness.

More expensive and funnier, so I say better?