Do you really think the concerns about encampments are all from rent seeking landlords?
Here in Minneapolis it's the number of murders, gang violence (territory), rape, and human trafficking.
Second tier issues are overdoses, fires, sanitation (which doesn't sound like much until you see the people with fingers and toes rotting off), and crime rates increasing as they try to make enough money to feed their drug habits.
It's a very complex issue. Much more complex than "the landlords are upset people aren't paying rent".
That's what they said about Internet Explorer right up until the moment where Microsoft wanted everyone to switch to Edge. Not only could you suddenly uninstall it, but it even started uninstalling itself!
Ubtuntu Desktop definitely tries to push a few things but it's not even remotely as bad as Windows.
I prefer to live without my software nudging me to do anything.
How would you feel if your hammer stopped working after a while and each new hammer suddenly looked a lot more like a screwdriver because the company wants to sell you screws?
Calm down bud. I had no issue with the initial post, but the comment I replied to sounds like you're trying to actually elicit change. My response was meant to make it clear that the general audience here agrees and you need to focus your efforts elsewhere.
Spot on. The availability of CSAM was overblown by a well funded special interest group (Exodus Cry). The articles about it were pretty much ghost written by them.
When you're the biggest company in porn you've got a target on your back. In my opinion they removed all user content to avoid even the appearance of supporting CSAM, not because they were guilty of anything.
PornHub has been very open about normalizing healthy sexuality for years, while also providing interesting data access for both scientists and the general public.
"Exodus Cry is an American Christian non-profit advocacy organization seeking the abolition of the legal commercial sex industry, including pornography, strip clubs, and sex work, as well as illegal sex trafficking.[2] It has been described by the New York Daily News,[3] TheWrap,[4] and others as anti-LGBT, with ties to the anti-abortion movement.[5]"
I live in Minneapolis bud. You will be actively shouted down for even mentioning that you considered reporting a crime because "the police might shoot them". Additionally, all property crimes here must now be reported to 311 (not the police) which is purely to get you a case number for insurance. They don't pursue them.
As for GDP, yeah man, urban areas are blue. It's not because they're better, it's because poor people congregate there for public services.
$5700 for a bike is a bit of a luxury, that'll buy you a 2024 Honda Rebel DCT last I looked. I bought an '04 Shadow last year for $2000, maybe aim lower?
The reason for the difference is that it's a lot easier to destroy and steal a motorcycle, leaving nothing for the bank to repossess.
Crime stats depend on people reporting crimes. Something that is actively discouraged in blue states.
You don't need a six figure salary when the cost of living is low.
California has the 5th highest infant mortality rate in th country.
Not everyone needs to pay a few years wages to a paper mill for a diploma they'll never use in their trade.
California, Texas, New York and Florida have the four largest economies in the US. This hardly follows party lines.
It's one thing to make a tool accomplish a task.
It's another thing to beat the engineers until grandma can operate the tool.
I didn't like the guy either, and found it funny that his own bullshit killed him in the end, but he did add "value".