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yep. I moved to the SF Bay area from NYC 4 years ago and I routinely tell my friends that you need to watch out for human, not animal, feces on the street. It

yep. I moved to the SF Bay area from NYC 4 years ago and I routinely tell my friends that you need to watch out for human, not animal, feces on the street. It's really sad to see people who are employed that are still homeless and have to deal with mental issues :(

yodsanklai 5y ago
Reading from HN, half of Americans are either in jail or homeless dealing with mental issues. Are there proper statistics to get a better assessment of the situation?
- nradov 5y ago
  https://www.usich.gov/homelessness-statistics/ca/ https://www.usich.gov/homelessness-statistics/ca/ The Federal Government estimates that about 0.4% of Californians were homeless in 2020. From what I've seen on the streets the numbers are probably a little worse now.
  - yodsanklai 5y ago
    By comparison, France has 300 000 homeless persons [1], which is about 0.44%. It doesn't seem to be as big an issue here compared to California. Maybe homeless people are more concentrated in SF which makes the problem appear worse than in other countries? [1] https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/11/15/la-fondation-abbe-pierre-estime-que-la-france-compte-pres-de-300-000-sdf_6059802_3224.html https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/11/15/la-fondati...
    - asdff 5y ago
      LA county alone has like 100 thousand homeless people. That's the population of Burbank California.
- rufus_foreman 5y ago
  "If all prisoners are counted (including those juvenile, territorial, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (immigration detention), Indian country, and military), then in 2008 the United States had around 24.7% of the world's 9.8 million prisoners." --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_ra... The list of countries by incarceration rate is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera.... About 5% of people in the US go to prison at some point, 9% for males, 16% for Hispanic males, and 29% for black males. https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/Llgsfp.pdf https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/Llgsfp.pdf "About one-quarter of U.S. adults report having a mental health diagnosis such as anxiety or depression or experiencing emotional distress. This is one of the highest rates among 11 high-income countries. ... The United States has some of the worst mental health–related outcomes, including the highest suicide rate and second-highest drug-related death rate." --https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/may/mental-health-conditions-substance-use-comparing-us-other-countries https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2... And of course, "Approximately 80 percent of the global opioid supply is consumed in the United States". -- https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/27/americans-consume-almost-all-of-the-global-opioid-supply.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/27/americans-consume-almost-all...

yodsanklai 5y ago

Reading from HN, half of Americans are either in jail or homeless dealing with mental issues. Are there proper statistics to get a better assessment of the situation?

nradov 5y ago
https://www.usich.gov/homelessness-statistics/ca/ https://www.usich.gov/homelessness-statistics/ca/ The Federal Government estimates that about 0.4% of Californians were homeless in 2020. From what I've seen on the streets the numbers are probably a little worse now.
- yodsanklai 5y ago
  By comparison, France has 300 000 homeless persons [1], which is about 0.44%. It doesn't seem to be as big an issue here compared to California. Maybe homeless people are more concentrated in SF which makes the problem appear worse than in other countries? [1] https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/11/15/la-fondation-abbe-pierre-estime-que-la-france-compte-pres-de-300-000-sdf_6059802_3224.html https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/11/15/la-fondati...
  - asdff 5y ago
    LA county alone has like 100 thousand homeless people. That's the population of Burbank California.
rufus_foreman 5y ago
"If all prisoners are counted (including those juvenile, territorial, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (immigration detention), Indian country, and military), then in 2008 the United States had around 24.7% of the world's 9.8 million prisoners." --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_ra... The list of countries by incarceration rate is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera.... About 5% of people in the US go to prison at some point, 9% for males, 16% for Hispanic males, and 29% for black males. https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/Llgsfp.pdf https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/Llgsfp.pdf "About one-quarter of U.S. adults report having a mental health diagnosis such as anxiety or depression or experiencing emotional distress. This is one of the highest rates among 11 high-income countries. ... The United States has some of the worst mental health–related outcomes, including the highest suicide rate and second-highest drug-related death rate." --https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/may/mental-health-conditions-substance-use-comparing-us-other-countries https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2... And of course, "Approximately 80 percent of the global opioid supply is consumed in the United States". -- https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/27/americans-consume-almost-all-of-the-global-opioid-supply.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/27/americans-consume-almost-all...