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The article says 1,000 - 2,000 homeless in Boise, but at 2,000, a little quick MATH shows that Boise's homelessness rate may be a tad higher than LA's: Boise:
by 11thEarlOfMar 7y ago
The article says 1,000 - 2,000 homeless in Boise, but at 2,000, a little quick MATH shows that Boise's homelessness rate may be a tad higher than LA's:
Boise: 2,000 homeless in population of 227,000 = 1:113
LA: 36,000 homeless in population of 4,000,000 = 1:111
Given the difference in annual weather, it's not clear that Boise policy is effective in reducing homelessness.
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago> Given the difference in annual weather, it's not clear that Boise policy is effective in reducing homelessness. They might winter in Portland or even LA. Spokane is another city in that area with a huge homeless problem, and perhaps even harsher weather (Boise is at least high desert). Though housing can be super cheap, my granddad used to run what we thought became basically a flop house that we nicked named the Empty Arms. SLC seems to have focused more on housing the homeless, but even then I think in recent years they’ve found that their success has mainly just led to a larger problem.