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Homelessness is on the rise in Buenos Aires - Up 57% in the last 2 years

VINO

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Some of us have been posting about how we see more homeless in the streets regardless of people saying how Milei has reduced poverty. I don't believe the numbers. I can see more people sleeping in the streets even while walking around Recoleta and Palermo.


 
Some of us have been posting about how we see more homeless in the streets regardless of people saying how Milei has reduced poverty. I don't believe the numbers. I can see more people sleeping in the streets even while walking around Recoleta and Palermo.


I have been telling you all how bad things are. Only a blind person can't see more people sleeping in the street.

Also more statistic bad. Excess deaths among people over 65 in Argentina have now surpassed levels seen during the COVID‑19 pandemic (+10.6% vs +11%), thanks to Milei's cuts in public healthcare, especially the reduction of medicine supplies for the elderly.

 
Some of us have been posting about how we see more homeless in the streets regardless of people saying how Milei has reduced poverty. I don't believe the numbers. I can see more people sleeping in the streets even while walking around Recoleta and Palermo.


Very tough to see homelessness increase. I have witnessed it all over the city. Just a tsunami of prices going up, salaries not keeping up with inflation, and especially companies closing down and people losing jobs. Utility bill increases are too high. My electricity bill doubled in a short amount of time with less usage.

Worst than inflation is stagflation and we are hitting it now. Prices keep going up, wages aren't keeping up with inflation, more jobs have been lost than vs. the pandemic, businesses are closing, demand is non-existent and interest rates are very high.

Situation is getting worse not better.

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One thing i noticed being an insomniac is a lot more people going through the trash at ungodly hours like 3am. I don't know if it's true but I've heard even trash scavenging is regulated by local mafias, like you can't just go up to any bin and take from it, they are assigned.

I wondered if a lot more homeless means a lot more desperate people trying to not get caught going through the bins by whoever controls this stuff. Very sad situation !
 
One thing i noticed being an insomniac is a lot more people going through the trash at ungodly hours like 3am. I don't know if it's true but I've heard even trash scavenging is regulated by local mafias, like you can't just go up to any bin and take from it, they are assigned.

I wondered if a lot more homeless means a lot more desperate people trying to not get caught going through the bins by whoever controls this stuff. Very sad situation !
That would not surprise me about local mafias for trash bins. I don't know either way but I notice many more people going through the trash looking for food. It is much worse than before Milei. That no one can argue with. It's clear as day to see.
 
Look at how out of touch these caste are. Macri just said that a poor person today lives better than a king 100 years ago. 💩

 
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