It does seem that it should be possible to offer "free buses" without having to also offer "free hotels inside of the free buses". As an example, I can go to a local store and experience free parking or go to my nearby town and park for free downtown. I can't, however, park and sleep overnight in my car in that shopping centre or in that town.

Why can't buses be regulated the same way?

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Spooky23 10 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Because you can’t make a subjective judgement with regard to the worthiness of a particular passenger of a public resource. A car on private property eventually becomes trespassing.

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righthand an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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dang an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Can you please not post in the flamewar style here, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are?

It's always possible to make your substantive points thoughtfully, so please do that instead. You may not owe people who are wrong about use of buses by the homeless better, but you owe this community better if you're participating in it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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deadbolt 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

For what it's worth, I think you and trollbridge are actually in agreement. Re-read their comment, to me it doesn't imply what you think it does.

	▲	trollbridge 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I would be in favour of (for example) someone who is attempting to “reside” on a bus being referred to a social worker that then sees to it the person ends up referred to an appropriate shelter.