Homeless Population Up in the US Due to the Increase on the West Coast (drug, stats)

[ryanst530]

You're opinion, mine is that Washington DC is doing that very same thing.

Your opinion is wrong!

[Old Town FFX]

Originally Posted by MetroWord

Or may be because they don't have the harsh winter and harsh summer like the rest of the country and so the homeless people gravitate toward there?

Florida has 1/3 of the country's homeless population. Why don't you try to assert that it's because of liberal policies? Oh wait, Florida ain't liberal.

Bingo.

[BB_210]

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[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by EIL9

Not all homeless people are homeless due to financial constraints.

Addiction is also a factor.

Mental Illness

Lousy choices

And sometimes, just rotten luck.

If I were homeless, I sure would prefer to be in a better climate than the Dakotas.

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by Freak80

DRob,

IIRC you said that you have a mechanical engineering degree.

Question 1: what is the specific heat of water compared to land?

Question 2: why is it likely that homeless people would want to live on the West Coast, basis the answer to Question 1?

So are you basically reasoning that homeless people move to the coast because it is closer to the water, and therefore more temperate.

Do you have any data to support that?

Why aren't they going east towards the Atlantic?... The dramatic increase is on the left coast.

How come people point out people coming from other states, but not people coming from other countries?

How many of the homeless are here illegally? Maybe that's driving the number up as well.

[CBeisbol]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

So California and the rest of the west coast is driving the population of the homeless in the country.

Citation requested


An alternate theory is that people from outside the west coast migrated there - lowering the numbers in other places and increasing them in California

How did you make the differentiation between the west coast driving the population and migration?

[GregW]

Given the magnitude of the fire disaster plaguing California the numbers are going to go up. Or were we only talking about the destitute homeless?


We have homeless kids in our prosperous eastern suburb because their home environment (drugs, alcohol, brutality etc.) at "home" is intolerable. These kids shift around staying with friends until they can get a job and move out.

[Seacove]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

So California and the rest of the west coast is driving the population of the homeless in the country. For some reason, many do not link the way their states are run to the amount of homeless people exist. The number will continue to increase as long as they continue to support illegal immigrants, restrict business opportunity because of a ton of needless regulation.

As long as the cost of living continues to increase, the amount of homeless will increase. It's that simple. The solution is not to artificially raise the minimum wage to keep up with cost of living increases. The solution is to decrease the cost of living to reasonable levels - which would allow those at the bottom a chance at affordable living.

If they cannot afford the West Coast, they should move. It's that simple. Expensive cities require education. The pay is higher but houses cost more. It is not any West Coast city's obligation to find jobs for them, they have to roll up their sleeves or move to a lower cost area. It's like going to Manhattan and saying "lower the cost of living for me!" They would just laugh.

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

Citation requested

An alternate theory is that people from outside the west coast migrated there - lowering the numbers in other places and increasing them in California

How did you make the differentiation between the west coast driving the population and migration?

Exactly. In Seattle, we have 236 (on average) people moving here A DAY. The first source is California, the second is Texas. Californians seem to do fine because they are used to the higher costs but Texans? They should have looked at the prices before loading up that U-Haul.

[phma]

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

Citation requested


An alternate theory is that people from outside the west coast migrated there - lowering the numbers in other places and increasing them in California

How did you make the differentiation between the west coast driving the population and migration?

Common sense would suggest that the liberal policy's of Ca. have caused a mental breakdown and the residents don't have to travel anywhere.

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

Citation requested


An alternate theory is that people from outside the west coast migrated there - lowering the numbers in other places and increasing them in California

How did you make the differentiation between the west coast driving the population and migration?

From the article I posted. Did you read it?

I'm not saying the relocation theory is not valid, but it hasn't been proven either.

And again... since you want to factor in state relocation, what about the relocation from different countries as a factor?

Originally Posted by Seacove

If they cannot afford the West Coast, they should move. It's that simple. Expensive cities require education. The pay is higher but houses cost more. It is not any West Coast city's obligation to find jobs for them, they have to roll up their sleeves or move to a lower cost area. It's like going to Manhattan and saying "lower the cost of living for me!" They would just laugh.

Obviously the political climate lends itself to homelessness as well.