Don ' t feed the idiots <| sep |> Thanks for the help friend ! <| sep |> In essence people shouldn ' t write blog posts on things they don ' t understand . <| sep |> Something that cannot into space <| sep |> Opposing this isn ' t the same as saying let them rot . From the article Mayfield argues , correctly , that it ' s important to disperse such projects throughout the city . Which is absolutely true . Homelessness isn ' t an issue , ironically enough , that can be solved by simply giving people a home . There ' s drug use , mental illness , and education issues at play , too . Housing a huge number of homeless people is pretty much guaranteed to increase crime and drug use in the area . Which , by the way , affects the aforementioned housed homeless just as much as it does the other residents of the area . Distributing them throughout the city , however , creates a much much lower impact on everyone .