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There's plenty of cheap land and labor 100 miles east of San Francisco. Why don't we build homelessville there?
by m-j-fox 10y ago
There's plenty of cheap land and labor 100 miles east of San Francisco. Why don't we build homelessville there?
- Swizec 10y agoBecause nobody wants to live there? That's why it's cheap. I fear a lot of SF homeless enjoy being in SF for similar reasons that a lot of the not-homeless do. Can the prospect of free housing in a random area lure them away? Maybe? It's hard to say.
- everybodyknows 10y agoOverheard a homeless guy in Mountain View, think he had a tent in one of the creek beds, saying why he likes it here: - ”it's safe, you don't get robbed". Less risk of violent crime in a prosperous, liberal city like MV, where the police management know they're expected to roll a car for reports of homeless-on-homeless violence, and can easily afford to do so.