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Rates of homelessness: US: 633782 / 314000000 => 202 homeless per 100,000 Finland: 7877 / 5363000 => 147 homeless per 100,000 Based off of numbers from (YMMV

by flubert 11y ago

Rates of homelessness: US: 633782 / 314000000 => 202 homeless per 100,000 Finland: 7877 / 5363000 => 147 homeless per 100,000 Based off of numbers from (YMMV): http://www.housingfirst.fi/en/housing_first/homelessness_in_finland http://www.housingfirst.fi/en/housing_first/homelessness_in_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_Sta... https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=population+of+usa+in+2012 https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=population+of+usa+in+20... https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=population+of+finland+in+2010 https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=population+of+finland+i...

david927 11y ago
I don't about those numbers. My only guess is that Finland's is vastly over-stated and America's vastly understated. The wealthiest countries of Europe, which includes Finland, really don't have any homeless to speak of. Whereas in America, it's a huge epidemic, including even small towns.