[HN Gopher] paraSITE: the bandage over the nomadic wound (2016)
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       paraSITE: the bandage over the nomadic wound (2016)
        
       Author : SomaticPirate
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2023-10-01 16:41 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | gyudin wrote:
       | Cities like LA, SF pay more than $2000 every month for each tent
       | space and spend almost a billion dollar a year on emergency
       | responses. Don't think $5 tent is gonna change anything.
        
         | dukeyukey wrote:
         | Almost like progress is more a series of incremental changes
         | and improvements.
        
           | cscurmudgeon wrote:
           | Almost like corruption exploiting homelessness.
        
         | mistrial9 wrote:
         | the City and County of Los Angeles also spent $700 million
         | dollars on ONE public school rebuild.. it might have been an
         | elementary school with an associated building IIR
        
         | graypegg wrote:
         | The municipality pays 2000$ a month per tent space? What does
         | that mean exactly? Like paying for increased medical
         | services/policing, or lost revenue from lowered property
         | values?
        
           | voxic11 wrote:
           | Its actually $5000 a month and that is the total cost of
           | operating the tent site including 24-hour security,
           | bathrooms, maintenance, and three meals per day, divided by
           | the number of tents at the site.
           | https://sfist.com/2021/03/04/insanely-it-is-costing-san-
           | fran...
        
       | Animats wrote:
       | With this, and yesterday's cardboard bed...
        
       | leashless wrote:
       | Somewhat more practically http://lalaunchpad.org/
        
         | tyingq wrote:
         | I think one of the advantages of a small tent, and this
         | inflatable thing is that they can pack it up and carry it
         | around. Any type of shelter you walk away from to run an errand
         | is prone to being stolen, dismantled, squatted in, etc.
        
       | retrac98 wrote:
       | ParaSite? Seriously?
        
         | kaliqt wrote:
         | Hahah, damn that's hilarious. I wonder if they even realized or
         | is this another https://penisland.net/
        
           | gregschlom wrote:
           | Of course they realized. It's an art installation and a form
           | of social protest. This is not a practical solution in any
           | way, it's meant to provoke a discussion on the underlaying
           | issue of homelessness.
        
       | ProcNetDev wrote:
       | The post is cool art but ice fishing tents work well in the
       | Denver safe outdoor spaces.
       | 
       | https://www.coloradovillagecollaborative.org/safe-outdoor-sp...
        
       | gregschlom wrote:
       | Nearly everyone on this thread is saying how this isn't a
       | practical solution to the problem, and nearly everyone is missing
       | the point: it's not meant to be practical in any way. It's an art
       | installation. It's meant to be big, ugly, provocative, a bit
       | trolling (see the name, parasite) and generate a discussion on
       | the issue of homelessness.
        
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