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0 pointsaaomidi5y ago0 comments

People who realize housing people is cheaper than jailing them.

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How is it in any way cheaper. I mean yes, if you ship people to middle america it will be. But touting a "right" to housing in SF is preposterous, at $1000 / sq ft (and will only go up with more demand).

kube-system5y ago

Jails are more expensive to construct, are staffed, and also take up space like other forms of real estate.

ueueshitashita5y ago

What is stopping the group of people who realize this from housing people?

aaomidiOP5y ago

The fetishization of "law and justice" in the United States and the world?

As a species it seems we enjoy jailing the "undesirables" rather than tolerating them and understanding them.

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