chanel
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If one lives in Seattle, there are clean, furnished apartments in the downtown area for less than $200 a month. Its a great deal, with one catch: in order to move in, one has to be an alcoholic. Once someone qualifies and takes up residence at 1811 Eastlake, no one will ever tell him or her to stop drinking.
Some have called it "bunks for drunks." More than $11 million in local, state, and federal money has been used to construct an apartment building for 75 of Seattles worst "public inebriates," homeless alcoholics known for harassing people in the streets when not sobering up in jail. The city hopes that keeping them off the streets will save money and protect the public.
Residents of Eastlake can drink as much as they like. Theyre not required to attend Alcoholics Anonymous, or any other addiction-treatment program; theyre provided with free meals and round-the-clock medical care.
Citizens Against Government Waste: Bunks for Drunks: Costs of Seattle's Social Experiment
In Seattle - It's good to be a loser.
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