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If I extrapolate that (44000 mentioned in another post) to the size of my country we should have some 20000 homeless people here... Jeez, the US calls itself th

If I extrapolate that (44000 mentioned in another post) to the size of my country we should have some 20000 homeless people here... Jeez, the US calls itself the "richest country in the world".... We have practically no homeless people, maybe a couple of hundred who don't want the help. How is it that you can't take care of the less fortunate even though you have money to by all the crap in thew world? Sorry for being a harsh, smug, nordic country resident, but sometimes the wonderland of the US does seem a little cold.

rconti 11y ago
Does the US call itself the "richest country in the world" more frequently than anyone else does? Which country do you reside in, incidentally? You'll also find people here claim the homeless "don't want help." It doesn't mean they're correct in their assessment. Speaking of a little cold, in some places being homeless is more feasible than others. LA is certainly one of those places. It also depends on your standards. I'm not saying we don't have a huge homeless problem -- we absolutely do. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, home to some of the most expensive housing in the world, and there are many homeless here (or at least in SF proper). It also depends on who you consider a person. When I was living in France, I once remarked that I was surprised that there were so many homeless people, and that it seemed like there were almost as many as my hometown. The reply was "oh, no, they're not homeless, they're Roma."