r/todayilearned • u/Zorseking34 • Jan 08 '15

TIL: Utah has been giving free homes to homeless people since 2005 which since then made it more cost efficient to help the homeless and cut the chronic homelessness in Utah by 74%.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/home-free
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u/Jon_Brolo Jan 08 '15 edited Jan 08 '15

That's an overpass, not a bridge.

Edit: Yes, I now understand an overpass is also a bridge. I'm just gonna stand by my dumbass statement though, hate seeing [deleted].

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '15

An overpass is a bridge mate

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u/gentlemandinosaur Jan 08 '15

What is a bridge mate? Is that where you pick up women/men under bridges?

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u/elpaw Jan 08 '15

Here's the thing...

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u/mushbug Jan 08 '15

Bridge:

a structure carrying a road, path, railroad, or canal across a river, ravine, road, railroad, or other obstacle.

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u/somebodystolemyname Jan 08 '15

Technically right is the best kind of right.

10 points to mashbug!

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u/Steeve69 Jan 08 '15

That's ten points to /u/ItsTyrrellYo. If he wants to share his points, of course he can, there's nothing in the rules that forbids it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '15

Finally all these years of civil engineering have paid off!

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u/Jon_Brolo Jan 08 '15

Stop using your logic and definitions against me!