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Part of me is empathetic with this whole story, obviously. But another part of me finds it strange that there is such a huge emphasis on the homelessness situat
by tw1010 9y ago
Part of me is empathetic with this whole story, obviously. But another part of me finds it strange that there is such a huge emphasis on the homelessness situation in SF. It's as if we're only paying attention to this because of the huge inequality density in the city. But the truth is, homelessness is a problem everywhere. It just doesn't feel like an efficient (from a utilitarian perspective) use of resources to focus efforts here instead of where the money can act as the biggest lever. It's as if we mostly care about reducing the visual appearance of the problem, than care about most effectively minimizing the problem in aggregate.
- santaclaus 9y ago> It's as if we mostly care about reducing the visual appearance of the problem There are real public health consequences to high concentrations of people living without proper sanitation -- see the ongoing, major hepatitis outbreak in San Diego, for instance.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoSo it's only an issue when the public health of the rich is at risk? Because it seems to me that's what your comment is implying.
- arkades 9y agoNo, he’s saying that homelessness in high population density areas has secondary effects that you don’t see in low density areas.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoRight, with the implication that only homelessness with those secondary effects is the only homelessness that should be addressed.
- s73ver_ 9y agoIt's paid attention to pretty much everywhere. Down in southern California, the homeless problem in LA and Orange County gets covered pretty regularly. I suspect you hear more about SV homelessness here because this is a pretty SV heavy forum.
- chaostheory 9y agoIt's an AP story. The writer just didn't have the resources of someone working on those cool Bloomberg special edition stories.