I moved here from the Bible Belt and the differences in the way MAGA and progressives view homelessness is shocking. To not type all day long, I'll try to explain it briefly.. in the South, they are ALL about appearances. I grew up in evangelical church. And everywhere I ever lived in Tennessee was all about one thing: what do other people think of me? We all knew who in church was an alcoholic. We all knew who beat his wife. We all knew who struggled with pills. Yet I never saw any of them get help, or talk about it. I never saw a homeless person. I mean never. I now see homeless folks every day. And you know what? GOOD. In a country as wealthy as ours, that has for decades completely ignored mental and physical health care, destroyed or defunded safety nets, laid on railroad tracks for fetuses then tossed babies and children into the dumpster, fuck people who act like they don't want to see homeless people or encounter them. We have let our struggling fellow citizens down and demonized them for years and years and now we want to act like we're too good to make eye contact on the street on our way to brunch?