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		viraptor 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared, an... > People won't use public transit if they have to deal with mentally ill people or hucksters. Do they also not use the streets in that case? There's nothing preventing "mentally ill people or hucksters" from being there.

hodgesrm 31 days ago [–]

Yes, they avoid streets too. That's one of the reasons that San Francisco shopping around Union Square has collapsed. [0] There were other reasons like COVID as well.

[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/san-franciscos-union-square-...

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