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

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...