Grants Pass v. Johnson Impact

The Supreme Court case City of Grants Pass v. Johnson has sparked a national debate with a bizarre side effect: a run on decorative boulders. The case, which involves laws against homeless encampments, has inspired towns to engage in "hostile architecture" with gusto. Park benches are being replaced with concrete slabs angled at 45 degrees. But the hottest item is large, immovable rocks, strategically placed anywhere a person might try to sleep. Landscaping companies are calling it the "Boulder Boom." Urban planners are designing parks that look like modernist art installations but function as anti-sleeping fortresses. The message is clear: you have a right to exist, but not comfortably, and definitely not horizontally on public property. It's a solution that solves the aesthetic problem of poverty, if not poverty itself. -- Bohiney Magazne bohiney.com