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Part of the problem is that due to the mild climate, LA inherits a large part of the homeless population of the whole country. They come from all 50 states to

Part of the problem is that due to the mild climate, LA inherits a large part of the homeless population of the whole country. They come from all 50 states to the west coast. So this isn't entirely a problem of LA's making, even though they have to bear the costs.

asdff 5y ago
Nothing is a mild climate when you are homeless. Its going to be 39* tonight on the streets of LA. If all you have is a nylon tent and no blanket you are probably going to join the ranks of homeless who have died from hypothermia this year in LA, which outnumbers the people who have died from hypothermia in NYC because they actually build homeless shelters in NYC. Six months from now the problem will be flipped and you will be contending with heat stroke as the pavement heats up to 95*, and the city generally lacks widespread cooling centers. Honestly a bigger reason why homeless is so overt here is because its not criminalized. You can smoke crack or shoot up meth openly and police in LA don't care, but try even smoking a joint in Baton Rouge or wherever else and you will be sent to jail.