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About Berkeley's poverty rate, it doesn't seem like he considered that just like rich people can move to other states, poor people can move too. Maybe the pover
by lutorm 17y ago
About Berkeley's poverty rate, it doesn't seem like he considered that just like rich people can move to other states, poor people can move too. Maybe the poverty rate of Berkeley is high precisely because it's better to be poor in Berkeley than in Oakland or Emeryville? When a city cuts down on social services, they are just externalizing the costs onto neighboring communities.
I know that Santa Cruz was trying to get rid of its reputation as "a good place to be homeless in" exactly because homeless people from all over the Bay Area came there.
- jdvolz 17y agoThis is exactly why the population of homeless people is so high. It's always high near a university, and it's especially high in a city where the homeless are borderline actively encouraged - the city even fought the university on tearing down a park to build more student housing (note: university owns the land) because too many people were living in it.
- e40 17y agoAnyone who has lived in Berkeley/Oakland (right next to each other, for those that don't know) for any length of time will know what you say is completely true. Berkeley is far friendlier to homeless people.