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> Montgomery, Al is known as a "poor" area - and yet there are only ~330 homeless people in a city of ~200k people (0.165%). In SF you have about ~8800 homeless
by FireBeyond 3y ago
> Montgomery, Al is known as a "poor" area - and yet there are only ~330 homeless people in a city of ~200k people (0.165%). In SF you have about ~8800 homeless people in a city of ~880k (1%).
I'd have to imagine that police in Alabama are probably a lot more aggressive in "running off" homeless people.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y agoOr rent is $300, and unemployment is extremely low, so it's easier to not be homeless. YMMV.
- selimthegrim 3y agoRent isn't even $300 in New Orleans and hasn't been since before Katrina. I paid $550 up until last April and that was bottom of the market.