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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
It sounds more like OP is using their lived experience to ask a question about a serious problem across the country. OP isn’t so much complaining they’re there as OP is concerned about the overall longevity of the current situation; if it’s this bad in a small town, wtf is happening in the cities and how sustainable is it? Perfectly valid question. But one has to recognize that it’s a problem to have a bunch of homeless hanging around, even if the homeless themselves aren’t THE problem. OP sounds very much like they recognize that it’s not the homeless people’s fault they’re there, but it IS a pretty big problem that they’re there at all.
gpt
Yeah. I, personally, would have worded it more sympathetically than OP, but at the same time, telling people who see a rise in homelessness, “This is not a problem!” is not true either. Those of us who want to solve this issue with restorative and equitable policies need to meet average Americans where they are because if we don’t, the oxygen will get sucked up by barbarians who want to round up the homeless en masse.