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this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2024
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Can we though? Are you thinking of the shareholders at all?!? Someone's going to have a tough time having only 4 holiday homes to choose from... ๐ฌ
Generally the only thing I think about shareholders is feeding them into a grinder feet first.
As a shareholder I can tell you the ones you could have reason for sending to the guillotine are mostly companies
Only the very worst of the super wealthy investors and the companies are pressing for maximum income now which is what wrecks and/or enshittifies businesses
It's the NYC Subway. It's not a company, it's government mass transit. They had big problems with homeless people harassing people and the cops weren't doing much. Ridership was dropping. So they did the only thing they could do.
It sucks, but what do you expect from the subway? A solution to homeless people? It's for getting people to where they want to go, not for being a shelter.
There are solutions, for example arms between seating positions to make laying down impossible; sharp fins between seating positions to make laying down uncomfortable
These are common worldwide
Taking Benches away is LITERALLY the ONLY Option! How can you Expect Police Officers to do anything when there's FARE JUMPERS that need to be SHOT!
Keep the benches, and pressure the system to help house and treat the underlying issues of homelessness.
New York City already provides shelter space for anyone who asks. It's the city's obligation according to the state constitution. (This is one reason why so many migrants came to NYC.) The homeless people in the subway system generally don't want to go to a shelter.
As for treating the underlying issues: many of these people are either schizophrenics or drug addicts. There's no straightforward treatment for either condition.
Guess that solves it, then. Good chat.
If the solution was as easy as you think it is, someone would have already done it.
It doesn't make profits, that's why people haven't done it. They'll bend over backwards to help if it's insanely profitable. Short term profits, to be exact
JUST 4? ARE YOU INSANE?
First of all two of those are under a cold front right now, and one of them is having maintenance done in the West courtyard (noisy from 3pm-3:30pm if you are within 6 bedrooms of it, which I assure you, we won't be) and the fourth one we were just at 2 years ago so it's a little much to vacation there again that soon.
Please think before you speak.
My apologies and condolences for any tribulations my thoughtfulness may have bestowed upon you. In my haste to protect my interests and that of my colleagues, i spoke before fully considering the gravity of my statements ๐ซ
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