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==Why== | ==Why== | ||
{{ | * Public '''places to sit''' are a fundamental part of any healthy neighbourhood. | ||
* Removing benches does NOT save the city money. | |||
* Removing benches does NOT make the area safer. | |||
** {{minor|With fewer benches, there are fewer eyes on the street, and it becomes much harder to maintain a local community. People also become more on edge when they don't have enough places to relax.}} | |||
* With fewer benches, homeless people seek out even more opioids to cope with the lack of comfortable spaces to sleep. | |||
* A lack of benches affects everyone in the area, rich and poor alike. | |||
==How== | ==How== | ||
* '''[[Bench savers|Collaborate with people in your city]]''' - because other neighborhoods are probably experiencing bench removal too. | * '''[[Bench savers|Collaborate with people in your city]]''' - because other neighborhoods are probably experiencing bench removal too. | ||
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==FAQ== | |||
===="But homeless people are just gonna sleep on the benches!? 😬"==== | |||
* If you struggle to find a place to sit because homeless people are sleeping on all the benches, then that means there are '''not enough''' benches in the city. | |||
* If you worry that all the homeless people are going to flock to your neighborhood if it has benches, then blame the bench removal in '''other neighborhoods.''' Homeless people need to sleep ''somewhere''. Especially if the [[overloaded homeless shelters|shelters are overloaded]]. | |||
** This is why we need a '''city-wide''' movement to keep the benches. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Overloaded homeless shelters]] | * [[Overloaded homeless shelters]] | ||