That guy probably wasn't in his 80s.

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May 26, 2022
2:32:56pm

HandwovenBox Playmaker

That guy probably wasn't in his 80s.

Hard living ages people a disconcerting amount. Also, life expectancy for homeless is way down (about 17.5 years fewer than the general population) so living to 80 is probably really rare.

PubMed Central (PMC)

Mortality among the homeless: Causes and meteorological relationships

The homeless constitute a subpopulation particularly exposed to atmospheric conditions, which, in the temperate climate zone, can result in both cold and heat stress leading to the increased mortality hazard. Environmental conditions have become a significant ...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5739436/

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HandwovenBox

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I haven’t been in down town salt lake in awhile. There’s so much homeless

the_byu_flash

5/26/22 12:38pm

Yea I use to be critical of the whole church building malls thing but

cougfanz

5/26/22 12:44pm

The church did SLC a huge service by keeping downtown vibrant, and got only

runnincoug

5/26/22 12:59pm

The Church has gone to great lengths to protect the temple.

HiLife

5/26/22 12:59pm

They have really upgraded the Mesa Temple are as well. A slightly different

civilcoug

5/26/22 2:42pm

They honestly should do more in downtown salt lake. Strive to make it the

Chefcurry

5/26/22 1:19pm

Not going to happen with liberal leadership.

RH84025

5/26/22 1:32pm

That’s why I’m saying the church should just buy up a ton of the real estate

Chefcurry

5/26/22 1:42pm

SLC offers a ton of services for the homeless. That's why they keep coming and

byubyu

5/26/22 12:46pm

In Denver over the weekend. It was shocking.

DomCasual

5/26/22 12:49pm

The legalization of MJ ruined downtown Denver.

byubyu

5/26/22 12:56pm

I really dread having to travel to Denver.

HiLife

5/26/22 1:03pm

Really? Why?

DomCasual

5/26/22 1:20pm

RE: Really? Why?

HiLife

5/26/22 2:43pm

I live in Golden. Never seen homeless downtown there. Denver was good 5 years ag

RUNBYU1

5/26/22 3:41pm

Pretty sure that's a CBer.

Vincent's Picks

5/26/22 12:53pm

I've lived/worked in several large cities over the last few yrs, including SLC

reddead

5/26/22 12:56pm

Unfortunately, we need to go back to committing many to mental hospitals.

runnincoug

5/26/22 1:00pm

Yep; I'd also be in support of some sort of farm and education system

reddead

5/26/22 1:06pm

i believe there's a program like that that has survived

fattycoug

5/26/22 1:27pm

the same people that say they want this also don't want to pay for it. They also

fattycoug

5/26/22 1:25pm

I agree. We don't like to pay for things. However, we "are" paying for the

runnincoug

5/26/22 1:29pm

the liberals would not oppose more mental health facilities. Probably wouldn't

fattycoug

5/26/22 1:33pm

We need to sell this as the "conservative" choice ... a better ROI for

runnincoug

5/26/22 1:40pm

i wouldn't sell it as conservative because then you'd get libs opposing it just

fattycoug

5/26/22 1:45pm

Not sure I agree with that line of reasoning, and finger-pointing is easy

reddead

5/26/22 2:08pm

Defunding the mental institutions was a conservative push

fattycoug

5/26/22 2:13pm

That's not what NPR suggests; looks like they were abolished for lefty reasons

reddead

5/26/22 2:32pm

Yes, but the push came because of how terrible the institutions were because

fattycoug

5/26/22 2:38pm

wrong it was groups like the ACLU that sued to have people released bc they clai

BYU Grounds

5/26/22 3:08pm

again, they did that because they were so poorly managed because of lack of

fattycoug

5/26/22 3:25pm

Yup. Every. Single. City. San Fran, Portland, LA, San Diego, Las Vegas are just

Big Daddy D

5/26/22 1:20pm

U of U is not considered downtown SLC.

panacablue

5/26/22 1:21pm

That guy probably wasn't in his 80s.

HandwovenBox

5/26/22 2:32pm

We were downtown last Saturday at Chile Tepin at 2pm. Some crazed dude on meth

BYU Grounds

5/26/22 3:01pm

How do you know he was on meth?

uteLPC

5/26/22 3:07pm

scabs and scars on his face and arms. He was a tweaker

BYU Grounds

5/26/22 3:09pm

Odd. I am pretty clueless about scabs being a common meth symptom

uteLPC

5/26/22 3:11pm

You've never heard of or seen meth sores?

byubyu

5/26/22 3:13pm

Meth addicts have hallucinations and think bugs are crawling on them so they dig

BYU Grounds

5/26/22 3:16pm

eyeroll to the "take them to Dugway" comment. Such a NIMBY thing to say

fattycoug

5/26/22 3:29pm

actually no bc out in Dugway, there is no where for them to go. They are stuck

BYU Grounds

5/26/22 3:35pm

i look forward to you voting to take away personal rights and

fattycoug

5/26/22 3:39pm

and I am looking forward to you voting away my 2A rights so you can feel safe

BYU Grounds

5/26/22 3:44pm

sorry to disappoint. Not an anti-2A guy

fattycoug

5/26/22 3:59pm

I'm a NIMBY. I think we all are. I live in a city with giant tent camps taking

Jay Rick

5/26/22 5:05pm

My answer is probably not popular

uteLPC

5/26/22 3:04pm

it's popular with many until the rubber hits the road. It would not be easy to

fattycoug

5/26/22 3:32pm

Was in Vegas about 3 weeks ago. Patrons at 7-11 there similar to ones at

mncstr

5/26/22 4:19pm

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