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The notion of 'highly mobile homeless people' is not born out by the actual statistics: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/california-homelessne

• NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
  Yes, you're absolutely right. It's why there are equal numbers of homeless people in Minneapolis and Los Angeles in December.
  • davidw 3y ago
    The big statistic is right there at the beginning of the article I shared: > The overwhelming majority of homeless people surveyed were locals, not migrants from far away: 90 percent lost their last housing in California, and 75 percent lost it in the same county where they were experiencing homelessness. Of the 10 percent who came from elsewhere, 30 percent were born in California. Most of the others had familial or employment ties, or had previously lived in the state.
    • NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
      Which is about what you'd expect, given that there isn't a very tempting reason to hitchhike all the way from Rhode Island currently. If you'll check my original comment, I suggested that this occurs only in those magical places where they have already solved homelessness, as if with a magic wand. Not exactly anyone's description of San Francisco at the moment.