I 100% never said they were “lazy”. Just to be clear.

I just am stating the homelessness in RI is caused by issues not related to jobs. If you have them all shelter, clothing, etc. they wouldn’t magically be on their feet with good jobs. There’s underlying issues like mental illness and drug addiction that are preventing many from getting on their feet.

Thirding. They are wonderful.

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As long as that butcher is next to it, I don’t really care to sit over there even with more available seating. Beautiful area though and I support opening the area up.

Edit: I support hearing any ideas for that area because there is absolutely room to improve.

Lol why are you conflating a homeless guy getting stabbed with the bike path on Hope street? They have nothing to do with one another.

This is glaringly obvious but you will get downvoted for it. I'd wager close to 100% of the homeless population in RI (and in most States) are mentally ill, drug addicted or both. That's WHY they're homeless in the first place not because rents are too high. People love to pretend that's not the case (I'm truly baffled by why that is) and that if you just gave these folks free housing the problem would be solved. However, this has been attempted before with hotels in California. The results were predictably disastrous: overdoses, destroyed property, unsanitary conditions, etc. This is primarily a mental health/drug addiction issue.

Job openings now aren't exactly easily available to every homeless person. You still need access to shelter, clean clothing, bathing facilities, an address to put on applications, a reliable contact method.

And, even then, the jobs available still need to be able to pay for living expenses to be able to climb out of that situation. It's not just a matter of there being an underlying reason or laziness explaining why people are in that situation

Because they don't care.

Wow, I think nobody realizes it's not a restaurant's private property. So yes it should be more accessible, and more clear what are the rules and limitations of the restaurants' borrowing of public property.

RKK more likely.

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Well done! A thoughtful and helpful response. I Thank you heartily! I would also like to add that capitalism is a canker upon the earth and should be rooted out and destroyed. Also profit and chattel employment. How we care for the less fortunate should be the barometer by which we judge ourselves.

What I ment was there is no desire to fix it . Summer fall or winter. Besides its more complex than just a room to live in. Most homeless have drug /mental issues . Some are homeless by choice. They don't want a place or responsibility required for it.

Does OP understand that Transportation and Housing are completely different budgets?

Right. It is so stupid to wait until the problem is "there"to fix it. We have all summer to help the homeless and yet we come across the same problem every winter, they do not have anywhere to go in winter.

. I read that Crossroads just opened up a new building and it's getting ready to revamp the old building into apartments. It just breaks my heart especially when it's a family.

I also feel we need a new version of a nursing home for the chronically homeless who cannot take care of themselves. But at last! That would make way too much sense.

Or better yet. Why not add shelter rooms in public spaces such as libraries, mental health facilities, churches and so on. I'm not talking about just cots and warm blankets. I mean actual rooms.

That's all there is to it I'm going to run for the government in Rhode Island! LOL scratch that

Far too much restaurant seating. Needs open spaces to stroll and some public benches

I had no idea the square wasn't owned by Venda, it's been entirely restaurant seating anytime I've been by in the last 2 years.

I say we drain the water and put the plants back in the fountain. Anything else you wanna do is fine, but the way some people lost their fucking minds over that was my favorite thing Elorza has ever done.

I don’t mind it since i’m big on outdoor seating. It would be nice if it was public seating. Usually I hate when restaurants open up seating on the sidewalk or bike lane, but this doesn’t seem like any roads or sidewalks are blocked.

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Rate changes are subject to regulatory approval. Nothing to do with previous compassion, everything to do with regulatory capture (a key feature of capitalism).

I initially assumed that he meant a massage and having your taxes done afterwards. All I can say with certainty is that you will be asked to leave H&R Block if you ask about it unless Jimmy is working that day.

Your guess makes more sense but hopefully this guy clarifies it.

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Taking something people desperately need to survive and making it unaffordable because of profit motive is capitalism. It is a decision made in the furtherance of capital to the detriment of social need.

Sorry, a bike path that will...destroy local businesses? You mean having a convenient, healthy, and easy way for more people to travel through areas with lots of businesses is detrimental towards said local businesses? What a joke. And sure, keep going on about how we can't address 2 issues simultaneously. You have the comprehension of social issues of a 1st grader.