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    Nuove panchine anti-lavoro installate nella metropolitana di Warsaw. Quelli precedenti sembravano simili ma non avevano braccioli

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    1. Groundbreaking-Dot41 on

      In recent years the City of Warsaw has been consequently adopting the “hostile architecture” methods to limit the possible places for the homeless to sleep on. This is the newest example of this on Ratusz Arsenal station in the City center

    3. Rufian on

      This is a metro station, not homeless shelter. We have shelters and all the services to help homeless people.

    4. DryCloud9903 on

      Well it’s also anti-disabled.
      Some people with back conditions can’t stand/sit for long periods of time, and need to have some access to public spaces where they could lay down. Such armrests impede that

    5. Such_Astronomer35 on

      I wouldn’t call them “anti homeless” as homeless people can use them as intended with no issue. They’re anti people camping there.

    6. OlegYY on

      These are actually good, other people can normally sit at them.

    8. Gilet622 on

      Do homeless people actually sleep there though? This always seems like the biggest Reddit circlejerk where people will see anything that isn’t a perfectly contoured bench and jump straight to talking like we’ve put an electric fence around everything.

      This happened a few years ago here where some benches at a train station had arm rests with flower pots on them and people freaked out completely ignoring the fact that the station closes at night anyway

      Also people like personal space so generally like when the bench has a divider of some kind so they don’t end up getting squeezed next to some stranger at busy times

    9. AntonioClaus on

      Better than in Hamburg where there are no seats at all at the station

    10. fsedlak on

      No, they’re dividers to prevent greedy bastards from taking the whole bench for themselves. They are not antisocial – quite the opposite!

    11. WorldlyBuy1591 on

      Cant you just sleep on the floor? How is metal bench better

    14. RemnantOfSpotOn on

      Well call me crazy but if i was homeless, i would find that space in the middle under back rest of both benches quite comfy… like little tent just armored… Some see obstacles others see opportunities.

    15. Intelligent-Bit4250 on

      As Jesus Christ famously said: fuck the homeless.

      No but really, what is wrong with supposedly Christian nations treating people like this? Isn’t it bad enough for those people that they have to suffer the humiliation and difficulty of living on the streets? Why do people need to make their life that much worse? Let them lie on a bench, no people are hurt by this.

    16. yeshuahanotsri on

      It’s probably more comfortable and warmer in the middle behind the back rests. Nice off Warsaw to make little metal tents for the homeless.

    17. Rich-Highway-1116 on

      Or more accessible for infirm people who require a bit extra help getting up.

      I can power myself up with just legs but some disabled people need to use legs and arms or a combination of legs and arms.

      In your world homeless people get to lie down and the elderly or disabled don’t get to sit down.

    18. texasgambler58 on

      Those Poles keep making excellent decisions for their people.

    19. BenScorpion on

      Didnt know that the concept of armrests were anti-homeless

    20. TlalocVirgie on

      What’s stopping them from sleeping on the floor. That’s even more comfortable.

    23. Fiery_Hand on

      I’ve lived in Warsaw and I’ve been to USA few times and let me tell you one thing.

      Homeless of Poland and homeless of USA are so different kind of people.

      Most homeless Americans I’ve seen and met where normal people… without homes.

      I remember how much that struck me when I was on a walk and there was this a absolutely normal dude but walking into odd direction. I was shocked when he entered a tent, I’d never ever say he was homeless. There was no distinction how he looked, talked and smelled from all the other people.

      Now in Warsaw… Well, we have this saying “żul jedzie tramwajem, a tramwaj jedzie żulem” – “a tramp rides a tram, a tram rides a tramp”. But “jedzie (rides)” has also a meaning that something’s is emanating a foul stench.

      There are many homeless shelters in Warsaw open for people in need, but there’s one caveat. No alcohol. Warsaw homelessness problem is (partially) a choice. Lives ruined by alcoholism. These people weren’t ruined by a unexpected medical bill like it often happened in US. That cannot happen in Poland, general healthcare is provided for the citizens and jobless can apply for it too.

      If there’s a homeless tramp in the tram, the smell is so rancid, so rank, it instantly causes gag reflex and eyes water. You enter with wrong door and you’re sticky with the odour.

      These kind of people refuse the gov help, refuse shelters. Their mind is often so destroyed that they’re completely disconnected from reality. You can’t help those that don’t want help and society offering the help doesn’t want these people in public. Not only because of smell, but also for safety.

    25. TheDuckFarm on

      There a tent in the middle of the two sides. How thoughtful.

    26. Fly-away77 on

      People who talk about “far-right” here are bunch of idiots. Warsaw has a leftist pro-EU pro-LGBT president 🤦‍♂️

    27. Icy-Source-9768 on

      Makes sense, why would you want homeless people sleeping in your metro stations?

    28. w1987g on

      They’re all over the place over here. I call them anti-fat people benches

    29. Odd_Science5770 on

      Well good, those are not meant to be beds for the homeless.

    30. Complex-Call2572 on

      Fair, they are for people who are travelling and waiting for their train, not for sleeping on.

    31. wordswillneverhurtme on

      So the homeless dude will sleep on the cold concrete instead. If they didn’t go to the shelter (probably because they’re an alcoholic and want to keep drinking) then they won’t go there even if there’s no bench.

    32. Melmaq_02 on

      The only people complaining about this are probably rich and privelaged enough that they never have to encounter aggresive homeless people in public transport. Now they want to tell us “the poors” how mean we are to them a we should probably let homeless do everything and even hug them or something

    33. MidlandPark on

      Calling every bench with an armrest ‘anti homeless’ is getting a bit silly

    35. d_T_73 on

      that’s how you fight homelessness. Don’t try to do something to prevent it or help them – just make sure that their hard life becomes harder

    39. Jussepapi on

      Awh look, they built a little shelter with wings for s homeless person. Good on them!

    40. Moosplauze on

      So when you sit down you know that no homeless person peed their pants sleeping there last night AND you can rest your arm.

    43. umotex12 on

      Homeless always sleep in trains or in warm corners… I never saw a homeless anyone sleeping on benches there.

    45. fixminer on

      IMO, anti loitering architecture is good, if and only if comprehensive social programs to prevent homelessness exist. Nobody wants public places to be blocked by drug addicts who live in their own filth, but we have to eliminate the root cause. Only once that is done, it is perfectly valid to keep those few who refuse to be helped from abusing public infrastructure.

    47. dustofdeath on

      Only people i see sleeping on benches anywhere are random drunk from some party or crap.

      Homeless find a better spot than a public, exposed bench.

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