No more than anyone else these days.

At the current interest rates, I'm going to say unlikely. Even in Warwick and absolutely not in Southern MA unless OP has a large downpayment to offset the interest rate.

> It’s possible some of the people complaining also contributed to the problem. There are a lot of people in general who lack self-awareness.

That is almost certainly the case. I worked in a Juvenile detention center in the early 90's and frequently the messiest people were the biggest complainers about mess.

Exactly. Shelters are a bandage over the gaping wounds of the mental health crisis and terrible economy. Both of these things are related, in many ways.

Most of them are mentally ill. It’s not as much about bad behavior as it is a woeful lacking of adequate mental health care.

Damned if you do - have a makeshift homeless shelter that was put up maybe lacking enough planning but necessary because of the weather conditions at the time. Damned if you don’t - if you spend all this time planning while keeping the place closed.

The problem is out - the true measure of worth is how the city, Amos house and everyone else involved will respond.

An issue that has yet to be resolved is what do you do with the folks that have mental issues, refuses to follow rules and/or has drug addictions? Kick them back out in the streets?

Ok 75%

Told you last week my beliefs, you disagreed with my points, no need to rehash the same old.same old again. The Judeo- Christian POV would disagree with you most homeless have fallen through the proverbial "safety net", most need a multi service intervention that is unique to their needs. But does not exist...

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Special is in his story

That's RIGHT!! It's a shame that they have been allowed to have their orbits disintegrate, but they're really not needed any more. They could produce a flare so bright it would cost your shadow!

The ISS does have different magnitudes of brightness depending on the angle of the Sun, its orbital trajectory, the positioning of its solar arrays, etc.

It wouldn't surprise me that it was the ISS: silently gliding through the sky, not blinking, no noise, but then disappears...

Not every person is a good human being. There certainly are homeless that are good people down on their luck. Being homeless doesn't mean you are a bad person by any means, but there are bad people that are also homeless too. Bad people exist in the world and yes some of them are homeless and causing problems, often for other homeless people.

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I saw the brightest shooting star of my life that same time, around 530? Falling into Rhode island sound. Bits and pieces flew off of it but it was quite large but didn't explode. Lost it behind the trees. Not the same description but I thought your post was quite coincidental.

That’s most of americas problems honestly. No one easy answer and multiple broken as fuck systems involved.

Unicorn Ink is doing flash and piercings.

No strobe lights.

“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulates that a drone flown between sunset and sunrise must be equipped with anti-collision lighting. These lights must have a strobe function that strobes between 40 - 100 cycles/minute.”

I’ve seen the ISS before. This was much, much brighter.

Thank you very much for commenting.

It was brief for me too. Did you notice anything I didn’t mention ?

Every person is basically a good human being, these folks have a whole host of medical, psychological and sometimes addiction issues whose needs are often difficult to deal with. As a society we try to fit square pegs into round holes, it doesn't always work that well.

An issue is funding. I was involved in the deinstitutionalization efforts in the 80's. When they downsized Medical Center & Zambarano the money was supposed to follow the to the community to meet their needs, it didn't .

The money followed the Developmentally Disabled folks when they closed Ladd due to parent advocacy, the homeless do not have advocates.

I saw it too. Wasn't the ISS and was earlier in the evening

I also saw this in East Providence! I had just stepped outside with my dog and got a good look for about one second.

I don't think I would be looking for discounts on tattoos, but you do you.

Suggest folks read James O'Connell book, "Stories from The Shadows," for humanizing insight into homelessness. O'Connell is a MD who comes from Newport, he now is a leader in Boston's homeless effort.

There are no easy or one sized answers to this need, most have complicated long term issues. Then there is the NIMBY attitude that prevails. Need to keep in mind that they are all human beings not political commodities.

Oh yes. Every person experiencing homelessness is an IV drug user.

/s if it wasn't obvious