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Data doesn't back this actually happening, though. If this were true, homeless people would be rushing to NYC. See https://medium.com/@josefow/new-york-decided-
by zaidf 5y ago
Data doesn't back this actually happening, though. If this were true, homeless people would be rushing to NYC. See https://medium.com/@josefow/new-york-decided-to-end-street-homelessness-and-it-basically-succeeded-ab27f3ec5a65#:~:text=New%20York%20has%20far%20fewer,from%20the%20East%20Coast%20city&text=This%20extensive%20network%20means%20New,almost%2011%20times%20as%20high https://medium.com/@josefow/new-york-decided-to-end-street-h... and https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xzwb5/california-is-desperately-trying-to-hide-homeless-people-critics-say https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xzwb5/california-is-despera...
- j_walter 5y agoNYC doesn't have the good weather that LA does. NYC also puts pretty strong limits on the people living in the shelters. There are a large portion of homeless that don't want to give up drugs, pets or other freedoms...so they prefer to just live in tents in nice weather.
- zaidf 5y agoHow did we go from comparing NYC with SF to LA? None of your arguments around "good weather" applies to SF. I am struggling to see any insight in your comment that cannot be filed under "common myths people spread about homeless people."