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Build. More. Shelters. I live in New York and we have more homeless people per capita than San Francisco but we don't have the same kinds of problems. The very
by weeksie 7y ago
Build. More. Shelters.
I live in New York and we have more homeless people per capita than San Francisco but we don't have the same kinds of problems. The very simple solution is to build shelters. The rate of homeless that are sheltered in NY is WAY higher and as a result we don't have the same kind of problems.
In SF 492/100k residents sleep on the street. In NYC the rate is 45/100k.
Source: https://medium.com/@josefow/new-york-decided-to-end-street-homelessness-and-it-basically-succeeded-ab27f3ec5a65 https://medium.com/@josefow/new-york-decided-to-end-street-h...
(among others, these aren't controversial numbers)
- demosthenes14 7y agoSeems like this could be heavily correlated with weather.
- weeksie 7y agoWeather has something to do with the amount of shelters? I'm not sure I follow.
- demosthenes14 7y agoThere are (legitimate) drawbacks to living/sleeping in a shelter and with moderate weather on the west coast many homeless choose to sleep outside. Shelters here already have empty beds so building more isn’t going to solve anything - there just isn’t a tangible benefit over sleeping in a private tent outside.
- weeksie 7y agoThat's one hypothesis I suppose.
- heimatau 7y agoWeather is a driving factor that one shouldn't overlook. SV has a massive housing problem. Let's not defer the issue. It's a substantial issue.