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Is this not true in many US cities too?
by 6nf 3y ago
Is this not true in many US cities too?
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThere is a reason west coast cities are the most popular greyhound destinations.
- IOT_Apprentice 3y agoIn the US, many states put homelessness people on buses to western states like California. They don’t want to deal with them in their own states and then complain about how NY and especially California have dirty streets and homeless problems. The cognitive ignorance is amazing. The US has many institutional problems in sectors that impact life. No nationalized healthcare, very short training of police officers with no federal standards & longer programs as they have in the EU or other industrialized nations. We have a prison industrial complex where we imprison more people than ANY other country. And we now have a fully broken political system. Between Citizens United unleashing unlimited dark money & a 2 party system where it is more important NOT to do anything involving improving things other than tax cuts for our wealthiest. Homelessness due to unemployment, bankruptcy, medical bankruptcy or mental/psychological issues are obvious results. There is tremendous room for improvement across all areas, but there is too much institutional & corporate influence in maintaining the status quo.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoA lot of states/charities will give people open tickets so they can get “home” but they don’t verify that it’s really their home, so it’s just used to go where they want, which is often the west coast during winter or really any time. The bus is also cheap enough that you can scrounge up some money for a ticket in a few days. Vancouver is a mirror of Seattle in its homeless problem, the Canadians handle it better, but the underlying issues are very similar, so it’s not like the USA is fairly special in this regard.
- jl6 3y agoPossibly, but in the US it’s relatively easy to move to a city with a milder winter climate.
- usr1106 3y agoWithout money?
- blkhawk 3y agoyes - you can walk. there are no borders in the way that would stop you. Also "no money" might mean some but very little money - enough for a bus ticket - some municipalities also solve the homeless issue by just putting them on a bus for free.
- 6nf 3y agoSo you're saying there's virtually no homelessness in US cities with very cold climate? Same as Finland?
- misja111 3y agoYep, I guess this is part of the explanation why San Francisco has so many more homeless than, say, Seattle.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoThis is true for many US cities, but by far not all of them, and probably not even the majority. Places like SF, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami..etc, have very mild winters that are relatively easier to deal with if you're homeless. I do question that it's largely the winter weather responsible. Even in places like Chicago, where the winter does get cold enough to quickly kill, there is still a large homeless population, so the weather alone isn't all that's at work. And similarly, Murmansk and Arkhangelsk are also very northerly cities with some serious winter weather, and there were plenty of homeless there too.