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> How did this reach the top posting while being...so thin? people upvoted it.

scurvy 7y ago
Without actually reading anything more than the headline Edit: Sans real data, this article just fuels anecdata based political pissing matches. This article is flotsam.
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  Newspaper and magazine articles like this never have the kind of statistical analysis and tests that you're asking for. It'd be nice, but it's not a realistic expectation.
- KirinDave 7y ago
  This is clearly not a flag-able story, so perhaps shrugging and moving on about your day is the best call. I see things here all the time that I think are light on details or outright lies (usually thinly veiled cryptocurrency ad copy). There are many readers of HN these days and you just gotta accept that and move on.
- xwdv 7y ago
  People don’t need to read the article to upvote what they already know. This morning I stood on the balcony of my San Francisco apartment on a very high floor, but not high enough where I could not see and hear the homeless people croak. Someone has to do something.
  - scurvy 7y ago
    Understandable for sure. I'm not a nimby but I don't see how blindly building housing in certain areas will ever lead to a stopping of public heroin injection and meth smoking. The housing cost link seems flimsy on its best day. "these people smoke crack on the streets. Housing costs are high. They must need a low income condo, then they'll stop smoking crack outside my balcony." Fund mental health and public health care if you want to stop the aggro homeless buildup. Don't build more studio apartments.
    - xwdv 7y ago
      If people spend money on a house, they won’t spend it on crack and heroin. If they are already addicted, throw them in some kind of rehab center, away from sight.
sterileopinions 7y ago
There is a particular cross section of the populace that has an ideological basis for hating California and will blindly accept any negative perceptions or narratives about it.

Without actually reading anything more than the headline Edit: Sans real data, this article just fuels anecdata based political pissing matches. This article is flotsam.

chrisseaton 7y ago
Newspaper and magazine articles like this never have the kind of statistical analysis and tests that you're asking for. It'd be nice, but it's not a realistic expectation.
KirinDave 7y ago
This is clearly not a flag-able story, so perhaps shrugging and moving on about your day is the best call. I see things here all the time that I think are light on details or outright lies (usually thinly veiled cryptocurrency ad copy). There are many readers of HN these days and you just gotta accept that and move on.
xwdv 7y ago
People don’t need to read the article to upvote what they already know. This morning I stood on the balcony of my San Francisco apartment on a very high floor, but not high enough where I could not see and hear the homeless people croak. Someone has to do something.
- scurvy 7y ago
  Understandable for sure. I'm not a nimby but I don't see how blindly building housing in certain areas will ever lead to a stopping of public heroin injection and meth smoking. The housing cost link seems flimsy on its best day. "these people smoke crack on the streets. Housing costs are high. They must need a low income condo, then they'll stop smoking crack outside my balcony." Fund mental health and public health care if you want to stop the aggro homeless buildup. Don't build more studio apartments.
  - xwdv 7y ago
    If people spend money on a house, they won’t spend it on crack and heroin. If they are already addicted, throw them in some kind of rehab center, away from sight.

sterileopinions 7y ago

There is a particular cross section of the populace that has an ideological basis for hating California and will blindly accept any negative perceptions or narratives about it.