Obviously NC is a completely different environment, so it doesn’t even make sense to compare. But I think the fair weather of the west coast absolutely hurts t

Obviously NC is a completely different environment, so it doesn’t even make sense to compare. But I think the fair weather of the west coast absolutely hurts the homeless more. In Boston, they have a “right to shelter” law that will house people, even in hotel rooms. SF weather is so nice that people don’t feel bad about letting people stay on the street. Boston actually has more homeless people (with a similar total population) than SF - but almost all of them are “sheltered” and off the street. Boston has a 97% shelter rate, SF has 40%. NYC has a much bigger population (and more absolute homelessness), and a sheltered rate of 95% - due to similar “right to shelter” laws. Even Chicago has a meager 72% shelter rate. https://sfgov.org/scorecards/benchmarking/homelessness https://sfgov.org/scorecards/benchmarking/homelessness