Comment on Park benches don't "open" until 10am

bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Cheaper too.

  But, it’s probably not the optimal solution. I suppose it’s a step in the right direction. As bad as hostile architecture is, the old way of dealing with the problem was to have cops beat the shit out of homeless or drunk people if they tried to sleep in a place where other people might be offended or annoyed.

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  • bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh, they still do that.

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  • kestrel7_7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    To me it doesn’t feel like a step in the right direction, since we could have always had the optimal solution, at any time: no beatings and no hostile architecture.

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    • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That might be the optimal solution to you and me, but it isn’t the optimal solution for the rich and powerful. Apparently the average voter hates the sight of homeless people more than they hate hostile architecture too.

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