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Because everyone knows that SF will tolerate behavior that other cities will not, and that attracts the most problematic homeless people from all over the count
by twblalock 4y ago
Because everyone knows that SF will tolerate behavior that other cities will not, and that attracts the most problematic homeless people from all over the country. It's practically a network effect for homeless encampments.
- triceratops 4y ago> attracts the most problematic homeless people from all over the country Here's a study someone else posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33010913 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33010913 "The data shows that over 70% of all of SF's unhoused people became homeless while living in San Francisco"
- twblalock 4y agoSo about 1/3 of them came from somewhere else! That's not normal. That's actually evidence of a strong attraction drawing people from other places.
- caminante 4y agoAnd half of the 70% are "recent transplants." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33011351 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33011351