New bike path

On 3/13/2018 3:58 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-03-13 12:23, jbeattie wrote:


Let me know if you come up with a solution.Â* I sure don't have one --
at least one that doesn't sound like something out of the Old
Testament, or perhaps a modern book on recycling organic matter.


The solution would be our country becoming more conservative. Work
requirements for welfare, less unconditional free stuff, and so on. The
difference in the rate of homelessness in liberal versus conservative
states is striking and Oregon looks worse than even California (which I
hadn't thought was possible).

http://nlihc.org/article/ten-highest...ess-state-2012


Nevada is kind of an exception, probably because a lot of hermits and
loners live there. They chose that lifestyle and the low amount of
regulations and little enforcement allows them to spend their days
baking in a dilapidated trailer out in the desert.

The other solution is to starve the beast (big government). High tax
states make housing so expensive that too many people are forced to drop
out into the streets. California is a prime example of that. Try getting
a building permit out here, let alone pay for it. Socialism does not work.

I've looked for data proving that conservative politics cures
homelessness. I haven't found it yet. Give me a link if you have one.

Regarding your little list of cities, I suspect the differences in rates
may be caused by other factors. Not that politics has negligible effect
- but how about weather? If I were a bum with no family connections, I
might easily decide that sleeping outside in California or Oregon beats
sleeping where the wind chill goes into negative Fahrenheit. (A song
from _Midnight Cowboy_ mentioned "Going where the weather suits my
clothes.")

And big cities are probably easier than tiny towns as sources for
shelter of all kinds, sources of temporary jobs, blending into crowds,
etc. If there's a homeless person in my little village of 3000 (which
one poster mocked as "Mayberry") I certainly don't know about him.

I get very skeptical of people who think their political ideology is the
answer to every problem. Except, as several others have pointed out, you
abandon your conservative principles when you whine for bike ghettos.
You suddenly lose your courage and individualism, and want to socially
engineer people's transportation choice by spending tax funds.
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- Frank Krygowski