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What does this say of the army of homeless in California? Are they just 'doing it wrong'?
by RickJWagner 7y ago
What does this say of the army of homeless in California? Are they just 'doing it wrong'?
- TAForObvReasons 7y agoThey were born to the wrong parents. http://philip.greenspun.com/bg/ http://philip.greenspun.com/bg/ is a great read about the specific advantages that a trivial percentage of Americans enjoy
- anextomp 7y agoThat, on average, they would be worse off if they were born elsewhere. It's a predictor - nobody was suggesting that it's the only factor, or that it's deterministic.
- rco8786 7y agoWe don’t know where they were born. But more importantly these studies just prove out that the zip code you are born in is highly correlated to the socio-economic status of your parents. Which is the real predictor for future status.
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- tunap 7y agoEdit: NM, removed off-topic content
- kranner 7y agoThe first line of the article qualifies the title by adding [being born] "to white, well-off parents who lived in thriving communities and were able to send us to excellent schools."