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paxys on Nov 11, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Breakdown of data on homeless populations across t...

> If people are threatened with jail for being a vagrant, they'll eventually take the path of least resistance and get a job.

More like they'll take the path of least resistance and go to the next town.

MeinBlutIstBlau on Nov 12, 2021 [–]

Solves the problem of the people who wanted to minimize homelessness in their area didn't it?

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