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This isn't actually a discussion of homelessness. It's a discussion of delivery drivers lacking bathroom access.

I'm all for more housing, but solving homelessness doesn't actually put a full stop to a need for public bathrooms.

But it does make public bathrooms much more manageable.

Solving homelessness would make a lot of things much more manageable for society generally while being a kind and compassionate response. There is substantial evidence that homelessness is very expensive, to the point where it's just cheaper to give people housing than to, say, keep treating them constantly in the ER.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-hospitals-hou...

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