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So when http://www.adn.com/article/20100401/study-homeless-teens-shelter-paints-grim-picture http://www.adn.com/article/20100401/study-homeless-teens-she... report about the number of homeless rural teens in Alaska, who go to the city to find a job but don't have high school diploma or equivalency. Vicious cold? Check. Impoverished? Check. Rural? Check. And yet there is homelessness. http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/6/26/states-struggle-with-hidden-rural-homelessness http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stat... is titled "States Struggle With 'Hidden' Rural Homelessness" > But in Fredericksburg, as in other small towns, suburbs and rural corners of the country, the homeless are often hidden, out of sight and mind, hard to reach and hard to help, say people who work with the homeless. ... > But rural areas are more likely to be poor, with limited transportation, making it that much harder for the homeless to get to a center that can provide counseling, a housing voucher or medical care. http://www.endhomelessness.org/pages/rural http://www.endhomelessness.org/pages/rural says : > Many people think of homelessness as strictly an urban phenomenon because homeless people are greater in number and more visible in urban areas, but homelessness is also pervasive in rural areas. > Rates of homelessness among rural areas vary widely. According to the Alliance’s Geography of Homelessness report, there are approximately 14 homeless people on average for every 10,000 people in rural areas, compared with 29 homeless people out of every 10,000 in urban areas. All this suggests that you simply didn't see the homelessness that was there when you were a child.