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People are looking for any scapegoat for the problems in their community so they don't have to look in the mirror. This is the same reason why there's a persis
by kevinburke 4y ago
People are looking for any scapegoat for the problems in their community so they don't have to look in the mirror.
This is the same reason why there's a persistent myth that homeless are bused in from other states or whatever (when in reality, 70-90% of them were in homes in San Francisco before going on the street). It absolves people of blame
- robertlagrant 4y ago> 70-90% of them were in homes in San Francisco before going on the street Do you have a citation for that? I could do with a decent source.
- kevinburke 4y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/homeless-population.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/homeless-population.ht...
- robertlagrant 4y agoSadly I can't get to that. Never mind!
- mdavidn 4y agoHere's the source cited by the Times. Skip to slide 24. https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=3437-2019-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-presentation.pdf https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=3437-2019-greater-los-ang...
- robertlagrant 4y agoThank you! That seems to show 65% of the homeless population of LA County were living there before they became homeless - others travelled within state or from another state to be there. That wasn't quite what I expected to see based on the stats cited above, but it's useful info. Thank you.
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