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as someone who lives in a city where we have a free tram downtown, I can confidently say that Mamdani's free bus idea is entirely possible and the homeless will not live on the buses
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Anonymous 4d

trains in chicago cost money and homeless people 100% live in them, cost is not a deterrent, active maintenance and oversight is

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Anonymous 4d

I mean it’s certainly ambitious. Idk if any city has done it at the scale of NYC

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Anonymous 4d

What town do you live in?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4d

it's very ambitious and I am sure it'll come with route changes to save money, but it's possible lol and it's just ONE method of public transport like they have the metro and that I would assume is more popular than a bus

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4d

cincinnati

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4d

things that I trust mamdani can handle

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4d

yeah absolutely i just think, that like all other conservative arguments, this one is just paranoid delusional nonsense with no basis in social science

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4d

most things are nowadays and honestly if a homeless person wants to pay to ride a bus for 6 hours and is sleeping and not harming anyone, why the hell do I care lol

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