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Planetizen: "Florida Passes Outdoor Sleeping Ban." It's illegal to sleep on public beaches in Florida... Up next, prison for being housing insecure? (www.planetizen.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Speculater@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can learn a lot about a country by looking at how they treat their most vulnerable.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_homeless_population

Some of these entries really caught me off guard. New Zealand has some of the worst homelessness in the world, despite supposedly being quite generous.

The US, Canada, the UK, France, and Germany are all predictably awful.

Japan, Korea, and the old Soviet Block states all seem to have their shit together (at least on paper, Ukraine is obviously a mess right now).

Israel is supposedly very high up the list, but Palestine isn't included, so... shrug

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, the stats regarding population size is one general aspect of a very large and complex issue. For example at least one of the countries reporting no homelessness is still reported to practice indentured-servitude as a form of modern-day slavery -which would take the place of most vulnerable

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if Palestinians bring the their homeless numbers down. Helping people in need is a very cultural thing over here. See Jordan right next to Palestine.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I more mean that with Gaza flattened and under Israeli occupation, there's a 1.4M undercount of homelessness