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Rates of homelessness by state: https://www.statista.com/statistics/727847/homelessness-rate-in-the-us-by-state/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/727847/home

Rates of homelessness by state: https://www.statista.com/statistics/727847/homelessness-rate-in-the-us-by-state/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/727847/homelessness-rate... CA is #5. Not something to be proud of, but it could be worse.

dannykwells 7y ago
Homelessness is a product of being urban. So this statistic needs to control for percent urban to be meaningful. Case in point : Mississippi has the lowest homelessness in the US.
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- d-sc 7y ago
  Idk, I think the statistic is probably a bit misleading. But the case it point is a bit off as well. Alaska is top ten homelessness and very rural. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population_density https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territori...
readhn 7y ago
paid access. cant see article.
keanzu 7y ago
What on earth is going on in DC?
- ericzawo 7y ago
  They've been having problems for nearly 4 decades.
  - throw03172019 7y ago
    Wow, surprising to see the DC numbers but I always felt the downtown area was much cleaner than SF.
    - blaser-waffle 7y ago
      The Federal Triangle sure is, but that's because Feddy-Gov makes sure it stays clean. Plus several spy-types have masqueraded as homeless to take pictures of people coming in and out of FBI HQ, etc. -- easy to justify things with "National Security"
reaperducer 7y ago
Not a useful link. All I get is a big pop-div saying I have to pay $49 to see the chart.
- d-sc 7y ago
  I think if you arrive at the page from a google search you see more information.
baby 7y ago
I live in San Francisco and I don’t see how it could be worse. I’ve lived everywhere in the world and I’ve never seen such disparity. It’s depressing honestly. Every day I walk on market street to get to my bus and in 15 minutes I see 15 homeless people. They are always crazy, like they’re going to die, some will try to grab me as I walk passed them sometimes. It’s fucking depressing.
mc32 7y ago
These are the kinds of things Steve Ballmer's USAFacts should have, but it doesn’t.
remarkEon 7y ago
"Well, we're not a real third world city you see - just a techno-dystopia."
marcinzm 7y ago
California is a big state of which San Francisco is a small part (2.2% population wise to be specific). San Francisco could be a disaster zone and the state stats would hardly budge.

dannykwells 7y ago

Homelessness is a product of being urban. So this statistic needs to control for percent urban to be meaningful. Case in point : Mississippi has the lowest homelessness in the US.

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d-sc 7y ago
Idk, I think the statistic is probably a bit misleading. But the case it point is a bit off as well. Alaska is top ten homelessness and very rural. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population_density https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territori...

readhn 7y ago

paid access. cant see article.

keanzu 7y ago

What on earth is going on in DC?

ericzawo 7y ago
They've been having problems for nearly 4 decades.
- throw03172019 7y ago
  Wow, surprising to see the DC numbers but I always felt the downtown area was much cleaner than SF.
  - blaser-waffle 7y ago
    The Federal Triangle sure is, but that's because Feddy-Gov makes sure it stays clean. Plus several spy-types have masqueraded as homeless to take pictures of people coming in and out of FBI HQ, etc. -- easy to justify things with "National Security"

reaperducer 7y ago

Not a useful link. All I get is a big pop-div saying I have to pay $49 to see the chart.

d-sc 7y ago
I think if you arrive at the page from a google search you see more information.

baby 7y ago

I live in San Francisco and I don’t see how it could be worse. I’ve lived everywhere in the world and I’ve never seen such disparity. It’s depressing honestly. Every day I walk on market street to get to my bus and in 15 minutes I see 15 homeless people. They are always crazy, like they’re going to die, some will try to grab me as I walk passed them sometimes. It’s fucking depressing.

mc32 7y ago

These are the kinds of things Steve Ballmer's USAFacts should have, but it doesn’t.

remarkEon 7y ago

"Well, we're not a real third world city you see - just a techno-dystopia."

marcinzm 7y ago

California is a big state of which San Francisco is a small part (2.2% population wise to be specific). San Francisco could be a disaster zone and the state stats would hardly budge.