Instead of making benches inaccessible to the homeless, my city has installed normal benches alongside trashcans with a special shelf where you can place empty bottles, so those in need can pick them up and collect the bottle deposit (typically EUR 0.5).
The sign says "pass it on".
I love that. ♥️
@randahl For a city the size of Vejle, there are relatively few homeless people, and they are generally nowhere near as disruptive as in some cities.
Vejle even provides a gathering space just near the hospital if I recall ...
@rhempel
Have you seen homeless people being disruptive in other cities?
My only experiences of unhoused folk in any city I've visited are that they sit or lie quietly on concrete footpaths because they have nowhere better to rest, sometimes with signs up asking for money because they need to eat. I've never seen them be disruptive.
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