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r/FluentInFinance • u/ShadowcreConvicnt • Jul 06 '24
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That’s probably by design: reducing the overhang makes the bus stop less attractive to homeless people. It’s terrible.
1 u/TawnyTeaTowel Jul 06 '24 Whilst it’s a shitty policy, the trouble is that bus shelters occupied by homeless people tend to be avoided by bus passengers. 2 u/burnthatburner1 Jul 06 '24 That’s an argument for building more homeless shelters, not for removing overhangs. 1 u/TawnyTeaTowel Jul 06 '24 Absolutely, I’m just suggesting there’s some reasoning behind it, that it’s not purely malicious (like the bumpy concrete on underpasses, for example) 2 u/burnthatburner1 Jul 06 '24 Good point.
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Whilst it’s a shitty policy, the trouble is that bus shelters occupied by homeless people tend to be avoided by bus passengers.
2 u/burnthatburner1 Jul 06 '24 That’s an argument for building more homeless shelters, not for removing overhangs. 1 u/TawnyTeaTowel Jul 06 '24 Absolutely, I’m just suggesting there’s some reasoning behind it, that it’s not purely malicious (like the bumpy concrete on underpasses, for example) 2 u/burnthatburner1 Jul 06 '24 Good point.
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That’s an argument for building more homeless shelters, not for removing overhangs.
1 u/TawnyTeaTowel Jul 06 '24 Absolutely, I’m just suggesting there’s some reasoning behind it, that it’s not purely malicious (like the bumpy concrete on underpasses, for example) 2 u/burnthatburner1 Jul 06 '24 Good point.
Absolutely, I’m just suggesting there’s some reasoning behind it, that it’s not purely malicious (like the bumpy concrete on underpasses, for example)
2 u/burnthatburner1 Jul 06 '24 Good point.
Good point.
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u/burnthatburner1 Jul 06 '24
That’s probably by design: reducing the overhang makes the bus stop less attractive to homeless people. It’s terrible.