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The perfect weather and the strong social services attract people from around the country.

• nodesocket 8y ago
  To be fair, the also essentially non-existent enforcement of rules and laws and the fact that SF is a mecca for international tourist and panhandlers can make decent money (i.e. Union Square) plays a role. Let's not factor out the economics and lack of consequences for bad behavior.
• pvg 8y ago
  Both of these are largely myths.
  • nsxwolf 8y ago
    How cold are the winters? 50 degrees?
    • pvg 8y ago
      Winters? It's 56 in SF right now. As to the 'come from all over the country for the excellent social services', there are lots of studies and surveys on this a google away. Statistically, nobody does that.
• tptacek 8y ago
  However attractive the weather might be, we don't have to use the axiomatic method to figure out where the SF homeless come from; the population is regularly surveyed, and is overwhelmingly local.