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thematt on July 3, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Homeless in Seattle: The roots of a crisis

It is rapidly getting worse. It doesn't help that many cities are shipping their homeless people to Seattle. Literally buying them bus tickets.

http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/portland-begins-sending-home...

RhodesianHunter on July 4, 2016 [–]

> Literally buying them bus tickets.

This is one of those stories that I've heard or read everywhere I've lived or been (Austin, Honolulu, Seattle, San Fran) that I just assume it's an urban legend used to obfuscate the real issues.

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