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A San Francisco library is turning off Wi-Fi at night to keep people without housing from using it (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you live in the states? I’ve never really been to a city where public restroom access is well advertised or even convenient. You’re expected to go inside places of business.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

If you're obviously homeless, ain't no business letting you in there.

And yes, that's a typical US tactic. Instead of public services, we give control over to private businesses. But it's particularly bad in SF, worse than most cities.