Timeline for Does China have no homeless people?
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| Dec 8, 2023 at 12:22 | comment | added | fgysin | There are plenty of jurisdictions and laws where sidewalks are mandated but happen to be on private land. The picture above quite clearly shows a sidewalk - there isn't another one between it and the parking spaces and the street. For the public it makes no difference who owns that land on paper (nor does it, to a large degree, who is accountable for the architectural hostility). | |
| Dec 7, 2023 at 8:24 | comment | added | innisfree | the photos could just as well be anti e-bike | |
| Dec 6, 2023 at 12:55 | comment | added | Will | @MarkMorganLloyd I see, but I don't see how that makes the photo misleading, as you put it. It quite straightforwardly demonstrates the presence of rough sleepers seeking shelter. It's unfortunate that it's sourced from an article that describes the site as a sidewalk in its title, which as you say might not be accurate, but at worst that's a minor point of distraction | |
| Dec 6, 2023 at 11:10 | comment | added | Mark Morgan Lloyd | @Will I'm saying that they look like they were installed privately to keep people off the building's apron. I'd emphasise that I'm neutral on the question and answers. | |
| Dec 5, 2023 at 17:37 | comment | added | Will | @MarkMorganLloyd it's unclear what issue you're raising here. Are you saying the bollards serve a purpose other than hostile architecture against rough sleepers (which is their relevance to the question) or that the claim they were installed by public authorities is questionable because it looks like private land? | |
| Dec 5, 2023 at 16:37 | comment | added | Mark Morgan Lloyd | @AzorAhai-him- I'm a European in the UK, and they don't happen in European cities. | |
| Dec 5, 2023 at 15:34 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | @MarkMorganLloyd Dang, well that's handy. Probably an American suburb? These things happen to sidewalks in cities all the time, although I would concede that's a pretty steep cutout. | |
| Dec 5, 2023 at 15:32 | comment | added | Mark Morgan Lloyd | @AzorAhai-him- Yes. They certainly don't have steep car ramps crossing them like that. | |
| Dec 5, 2023 at 15:16 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | @MarkMorganLloyd I'm confused by your statement. Are sidewalks always "uniformly flat" where you are? | |
| Dec 5, 2023 at 10:17 | comment | added | Mark Morgan Lloyd | The "anti-homeless poles ... render sidewalk unusable" photo is slightly misleading, for which I blame the article being quoted. It is possible to see that it is not uniformly flat hence is actually an apron in front of the building, and in one of the original photos it is possible to see that the bollards do not continue beyond the far edge of the property. Hence, blaming "the authorities" is unfair in this specific case. | |
| Dec 4, 2023 at 18:23 | history | answered | C.F.G | CC BY-SA 4.0 |