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Yeah, ‘we have a huge homelessness problem’ is a perfectly reasonable answer to ‘is this a clean city?’ because it’s plainly not saying ‘yes.’ Grinding poverty does not tend to coexist with spotless sidewalks… or all the city’s drug addicts keeping that shit at home. The sidewalk is their home.
That is both a systemic problem as a cause and an illustrative example of a symptom. It’s a concise and direct response to the plain meaning of the question.
The term Phantasm is going to haunt me. Not just recognizing it in others but in me.
Also, I’m curious if it bothered anyone here but the question “Is Seattle a clean city?” an incredibly loaded question that wasn’t addressed.
Actually now that you mention it, that’s absolutely true.
Yeah, ‘we have a huge homelessness problem’ is a perfectly reasonable answer to ‘is this a clean city?’ because it’s plainly not saying ‘yes.’ Grinding poverty does not tend to coexist with spotless sidewalks… or all the city’s drug addicts keeping that shit at home. The sidewalk is their home.
That is both a systemic problem as a cause and an illustrative example of a symptom. It’s a concise and direct response to the plain meaning of the question.