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>major cities are the economic engines of the US, and are unrivaled in the opportunities they can offer their residents, in terms of education, employment, upwa
by maroonblazer 10y ago
>major cities are the economic engines of the US, and are unrivaled in the opportunities they can offer their residents, in terms of education, employment, upward mobility, etc.
Isn't that where public transportation enters the picture? If the homeless' situation is such that even public transportation isn't within their grasp then that should be part of the solution as well.
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoIf you are working minimum wage, the last thing you want is to spend between 2 and 4 more hours per day on public transportation or driving (if you can afford it). It could be worse though, it could be that you can't afford public transportation either. Look at London: Unaffordable to live in if you're minimum wage (hence the unofficial "London minimum wage"), plus the train could get as expensive as £500 a month while still living 30 minutes away from zone 1. So there's the situation where what you save on housing you spend on transport (and feeling miserable spending hours on a train/tube/bus).