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California has a huge homelessness generating machine: the housing market. There's no way that some charities and a few government programs can get people out o
by davidw 3y ago
California has a huge homelessness generating machine: the housing market. There's no way that some charities and a few government programs can get people out of homelessness faster than the rising prices can generate people without a place to live.
- shuntress 3y agoYou know most people move somewhere cheaper when they can't afford to live somewhere, right? This is not about people being priced out of certain markets. This is about the people who are too deep in crisis to handle finding a cheaper place to live.
- davidw 3y agoYou're correct that many people do move - that's why California lost a congressional seat. But there are plenty that get 'caught out' - they don't have the cash to move somewhere far away with no friends or family or a job lined up. The statistics are pretty clear that, at a high level, it is about housing prices. That's why California has more homelessness than Detroit despite the latter being mired in poverty. That's why there's more homelessness in Oregon than West Virginia, even if the latter has a raging opioid problem. https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/everything-you-think-you-know-about https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/everything-you-think-you-know-...
- pandaman 3y agoIf statistics had been as clear as you claim them to be then we'd see enormous concentration of homeless in Aspen, Hamptons, Marta's Vineyard, Beverly Hills etc.