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He's citing a government website genius. If you're going to throw a childish tantrum anytime someone points out a sad, yet indisputable California statistic, you should either keep your head in the sand or move.
The point is that s/he is unable to clearly interpret the data and clearly articulate it in a paragraph on this discussion board. No-one is disputing the fact that there are more homeless people per capita in CA compared to WY. Some good reasons have been pointed out in this discussion. It makes sense to me. Sorry if people aren't offended or upset by this fact - that is, in the way you want them to be. Cheers.
Homeless people would go to CA because it has weather that ensures they won't die....while a state like Wyoming/Montana/Idaho wouldn't be wise in terms of sleeping outside due to the weather.
Come on, this isn't rocket science.
Weather + cost of living...two big reasons why CA has lots of homeless people.
Homeless people would go to CA because it has weather that ensures they won't die....while a state like Wyoming/Montana/Idaho wouldn't be wise in terms of sleeping outside due to the weather.
Come on, this isn't rocket science.
Weather + cost of living...two big reasons why CA has lots of homeless people.
I've already squashed this. Aside from California, the majority of homelessness are in Left leaning, cold miserable cities.
Amazing how the secret tonic is always Republican leadership.
How any person who is not a Hollywood liberal could vote for Democrats this sham of a country is beyond me.
21% of nation's population in California homeless on any given night in 2016 under Democrats and Jerry Brown
1% in bordering Republican governor Nevada and Arizona
The rate is as low as 0.16% in Wyoming, 0.17% in North Dakota and 0.25% in West Virginia.
Odd how in Democratic California 21% of the nation's homeless go to sleep unhoused as opposed to fraction of a percent in these other states.
It is staggering that you cannot understand the reasons behind popular urban areas having higher rates of homelessness than rural.
New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, and many other popular urban areas are just that; where as Podunk City in Flyover Land and other equally large but often vastly rural areas simply aren't where many people are going and or want to remain unless they have reasons to do so.
Leaving aside the welfare state proclivities of the north eastern and west coast states, they are also places where people have and continuously have chosen to migrate to; as such you have a continuous flow of arrivals with often unbalanced results.
By this one means as new comers arrive who are wealthier than a population of current residents it causes "economic displacement".
New York City, San Francisco and other such places long have had a population of homeless; going back well into the prior century if not before. Thing was back then you had poor or down trodden areas where those people could find some sort of housing and or services. In NYC it was the Bowery and parts of the Upper West Side mainly, but there were others.
In these areas you found flop houses, rooming/boarding houses, SRO hotels, etc... including YMCAs, where those who couldn't afford to rent an apartment could still find housing. The waves of gentrification hitting popular east and west coast cities has turned even areas people once shunned into now desirable. That is pushing the poor and low income people out.
Contrary to popular belief not all homeless have no income. Many receive various government benefits (Social Security, disability, veterans benefits, etc...) but simply cannot find housing they can afford. Then you have those with mental illness who some cases actually do have money from various sources, but need assistance in navigating the world (supportive housing).
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