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This is true, but the bad places tend to also be the big population centers. This naturally means the same people that are content to allow these problems to f

This is true, but the bad places tend to also be the big population centers. This naturally means the same people that are content to allow these problems to fester are also politically dominant at the state level.

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seanmcdirmid 5y ago
> This naturally means the same people that are content to allow these problems to fester are also politically dominant at the state level. In the 1920s, Californians would complain about hobos hopping trains to LA and San Francisco (The Little Tramp stereotypes weren't completely baseless). This was when California was predominantly run by Republicans. During the Great Depression, California then attracted a bunch of jobless/destitute Okies and so on... If the problem has existed for more than a hundred years, maybe it's not the politicians and residents enabling it. If California wants to get rid of its homeless problem, they need to change their weather (or get fixes on a national level, but with the current Republicans in place, probably changing the weather would be easier).
- whoooooo123 5y ago
  > get fixes on a national level, but with the current Republicans in place Er, what? You realise the federal government is currently controlled by Democrats, right?
  - seanmcdirmid 5y ago
    It doesn't matter. Divided government and electoral pressure means that we are fixed right of center for the foreseeable future; there is a reason we elected a conservative Democrat as president. The Democrats also can't just go off and propose nationwide solutions to homelessness, they can barely get an infrastructure bill going.
    - methodiosmel 5y ago
      If you think Biden is a Conservative Democrat, you have no idea what Conservatism is.