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From what I've seen, it's more likely that it's because it's easier and cheaper to building housing in Nevada than in California. The states where homelessness

by notJim 5y ago

From what I've seen, it's more likely that it's because it's easier and cheaper to building housing in Nevada than in California. The states where homelessness has improved are generally business-friendly and low-regulation states.

MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
And also make homelessness a crime. But conveniently they push you toward places that help with people on the verge of homelessness. All things combined with yours that these coastal places do not. If people are threatened with jail for being a vagrant, they'll eventually take the path of least resistance and get a job.
- paxys 5y ago
  > If people are threatened with jail for being a vagrant, they'll eventually take the path of least resistance and get a job. More like they'll take the path of least resistance and go to the next town.
  - MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
    Solves the problem of the people who wanted to minimize homelessness in their area didn't it?
- azinman2 5y ago
  > If people are threatened with jail for being a vagrant, they'll eventually take the path of least resistance and get a job. I'd love to see the data to back this up. Sounds like you're coming from some idea that most homeless want to be lazy and not work and stay homeless, and if jail were threatened, that all of the sudden they'd get a job and re-integrate into society. That's extremely disconnected from reality.
  - MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
    I've never met a homeless person that actually wanted to get out of homelessness to not do so. Almost all homeless people I've ever run into are the severely mentally ill and drug addicts. It's awful to say this, but they are not worth devoting resources to if they can't fix themselves. They are lost causes until they decide themselves that they are not. It'd be great if we could help them, but it's an utter waste of time to devote resources to these people who just don't want to change. If they want to prove us wrong, they need to show us they want to change. We're not gonna be some sort of saviors to them to foster an enabling environment for them to just abuse.

by notJim 5y ago

MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago

And also make homelessness a crime. But conveniently they push you toward places that help with people on the verge of homelessness. All things combined with yours that these coastal places do not. If people are threatened with jail for being a vagrant, they'll eventually take the path of least resistance and get a job.

paxys 5y ago
> If people are threatened with jail for being a vagrant, they'll eventually take the path of least resistance and get a job. More like they'll take the path of least resistance and go to the next town.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
  Solves the problem of the people who wanted to minimize homelessness in their area didn't it?
azinman2 5y ago
> If people are threatened with jail for being a vagrant, they'll eventually take the path of least resistance and get a job. I'd love to see the data to back this up. Sounds like you're coming from some idea that most homeless want to be lazy and not work and stay homeless, and if jail were threatened, that all of the sudden they'd get a job and re-integrate into society. That's extremely disconnected from reality.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
  I've never met a homeless person that actually wanted to get out of homelessness to not do so. Almost all homeless people I've ever run into are the severely mentally ill and drug addicts. It's awful to say this, but they are not worth devoting resources to if they can't fix themselves. They are lost causes until they decide themselves that they are not. It'd be great if we could help them, but it's an utter waste of time to devote resources to these people who just don't want to change. If they want to prove us wrong, they need to show us they want to change. We're not gonna be some sort of saviors to them to foster an enabling environment for them to just abuse.