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> Not drugs or mental illness, study says Meanwhile, in the actual body of the article, > Aldern, a data scientist and policy analyst in Seattle, and Colburn,
by stult 4y ago
> Not drugs or mental illness, study says
Meanwhile, in the actual body of the article,
> Aldern, a data scientist and policy analyst in Seattle, and Colburn, an assistant professor of real estate at the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments, said they are not suggesting that mental illness, addictions and other issues are not contributing factors to homelessness.
Sometimes I wonder if newspaper editors actually bother to read the articles anymore
- bsder 4y agoThe whole article gives zero evidence of the statement in the headline. Even worse, it is directly contradicted by the studies from San Franscisco where something like 15% of the homeless have a traumatic brain injury. So, better than 1 in 10 of the homeless in SF should be in a medical facilty for starters. However, building and funding medical facilities is expensive. So, the electorate is willing to do anything except what the data actually tells them to do. So, let's build housing and then whine when it doesn't work so we can go back to ignoring the homeless.
- ugl 4y agoTBI hardly means you're supposed to be institutionalized. Just ask car accident victims, NFL linemen, boxers, veterans
- pxmpxm 4y agoI would posit the reason why you'll find few homeless in low population dense areas is the same why you'll find few starbucks there - not enough human activity to support them.