• Mongostein@lemmy.ca
    41·
    2 months ago

    Yeah I had a discussion with my city councillor about this same thing after walking through a ravine path/dog off-leash area with no benches or garbage cans or anything.

    I was fine, but I was with my friend has trouble standing for long periods. We ended up bussing back because he couldn’t rest anywhere.

    Apparently the last councillor had them removed for this reason and he’s going to try to get them back with next year’s budget.

  • ElJefe@lemmy.ca
    25·
    2 months ago

    They’re now working on figuring out how to remove the ground altogether

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 months ago

    Clearly you have never lived in a country where the picnic services and parks have been turned into shanty towns. You should be pushing for more shelters not encouraging them to sleep on a subway bench. Problem is that would require you to volunteer, donate, hit the pavement. And you guys just wanna sit at home and meme instead

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      2 months ago

      Problem is that would require you to volunteer, donate, hit the pavement.

      Me, a lowly peon, glancing around my subway: “Damn, miss those benches.”

      You, a CEO at Terminally Online Industries: “It’s your own fault for failing to single-handedly solve homelessness.”

      • ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        2 months ago

        You could probably diy like five guys at blackrock. Five guys who are in the same room pretty often. Solving it yourself isn’t implausible.

      • BillyClark@piefed.socialEnglish
        19·
        2 months ago

        The meme is not on their side, unfortunately.

        They say “volunteer, donate” and “shelters” are the answer. That’s nothing but a band-aid. Yes, it can help with the immediate problem, but it’s never an actual answer. The answer is government programs to put homeless people in honest-to-god housing, not shelters.

    • DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml
      10·
      2 months ago

      We should be pushing for no homelessness. Not make life bad for everyone by removing infrastructure.

    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
      35·
      2 months ago

      I know your comment is sarcasm, but the date on this post has likely been obscured on purpose to sow division exactly like this.

    • SleepyBear@lemmy.world
      17·
      2 months ago

      Youd like to think thats true, it probably is. This post is from like 4-5 years ago (evidence is the “wear a mask” in the NYC account’s title). I’d guess that Mamdani has put that barbaric pratice behind the city, and that they would be moving forward on more low income housing and accessible shelters in the city.