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Humans are awesome difference tellers, but once you have too much of the same thing you will be indifferent to it. As with happiness that could happen, there is a limit of sustaining higher highs. Unless that person can stop and notice around them and be grateful of what they have by noticing the suffering around. Something to that degree

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So, if by some feat of governmental magic, my city were able to eliminate the homelessness problem, I might be less happy because I wouldn't see as much suffering around me?

It sounds strange to say it but at some level, isn't it possible?

Sometimes YouTube shows me videos of natural disasters (I have a strong interest in the extremes of physics, weather, nature, etc. generally) and some of those videos feature widespread human suffering on display. When I see these videos, I remember that my life is actually pretty great despite the minor nuisances that may have me feeling ticked off that day. Couldn't seeing homelessness around you could remind you how lucky you are that you don't suffer from the conditions that lead to homelessness?

You'd find something else. There's always inequality to be found.

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