Dealing with the Homeless Crisis starter pack

[u/El_Bistro]

[u/derivative_of_life]

"I used to have a lot more sympathy"

[u/huhIguess → u/derivative_of_life]

You forgot the perpetual cycle:

"We need to do more for the homeless!"

^{*get accosted and have your bike stolen*}

"I used to have a lot more sympathy..."

[u/DudeLoveBaby → u/huhIguess]

I mean to be fair, maybe 10 years ago it was just get hassled and have your bike stolen. Since Covid, unhoused population as a people group, not individually in Eugene has gotten noticeably more violent, likely because of just how many more there are but still

[u/[deleted] → u/DudeLoveBaby]

I see you opted for the politically correct term “unhoused” rather than “homeless”. Are you just following a social rule, or do you have some sense of why homeless is supposed to be a derogatory term?

[u/Previous_Link1347 → u/[deleted]]

Check the username

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Not really? I wasn’t sure why the “new rule” was to avoid using the word ‘homeless’, so I was to asking someone that had made the switch what the rationale is.