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grain of salt Or a heap of FUD thrown at a very serious and pervasive problem.

• JoeAltmaier 11y ago
  Folks who self-report are notorious for trying to please the questioner. No agenda here. Just curious: do these folks have any id? Could we perhaps google them vs housing records, property deeds, or other public information and determine if they used to own or rent in SF? All that effort to do this enormous survey, and they couldn't be troubled to check the data they were getting. Maybe this particular statistic wasn't central to their goal. But anyway, take 71% with a grain of salt.
  • kafkaesq 11y ago
    Just curious: do these folks have any id? Some do, many don't. Either way doesn't say much about where they were living 2 or 20 years ago. Could we perhaps google them vs housing records, property deeds, or other public information and determine if they used to own or rent in SF? You "could" but it would be a pretty bad idea -- it's safe to assume most of these people weren't ever property owners, and (if they did rent) lived in regular privately-rented dwellings, i.e. with no public record.
    • JoeAltmaier 11y ago
      That assumption is the cart before the horse. The statistic implies these folks used to come from every walk of life. Including homeowners. I don't know why we'd every jump to the conclusion they were low class renters. Anyway, this is what a good survey would answer. But we get self-reporting and dubious statistics.
      • kafkaesq 11y ago
        The statistic implies these folks used to come from every walk of life. Not quite. Just that they weren't always in their current position. I don't know why we'd every jump to the conclusion they were low class renters. Most likely just "renters."