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shish_mish@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

A lifeline or ‘dystopian’?: Schools open parking lots for homeless students and families

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A lifeline or ‘dystopian’?: Schools open parking lots for homeless students and families

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shish_mish@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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As family homelessness hits record highs, a few school districts are beginning to offer parking lots as safe sites for students and their families to sleep at night. Some families prefer the option over emergency shelters
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    deleted by creator

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    Richest country in the world.

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    It’s dystopian as fuck that it has to happen…but it’s good that it’s an option…“best of a bad situation” as it were.

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    Start calling them trump towns

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      That seems kinda degrading to the people its intended to support and treat with humanity

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        Would you say the same about Hoovervilles?

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          I dont know what a hooverville is, so probably not 😌

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            Basically homeless encampments built in the great depression. Named after Herbert hoover whose dumb decisions helped usher it in.

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

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      “trump dumps”

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        I think trump dumps are for all the dead kids

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          He calls those “pimp and dumps.”

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            “the nearest lake” really

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            As opposed to what he calls wall street? “The pump and dump”

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    It’s both. 100% both. What kind of question is that?

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    Hooray they turned off the orphan crushing machine for half the day today!

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    I want every shanty to fly a trump 2028 flag

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    Good for the schools.

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    The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Both can be, and are, true.

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