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To a place with cheaper cost of living. There shouldn't be any homeless people in California. It doesn't make economic sense. They will never be able to get bac

by pfisch 2y ago

To a place with cheaper cost of living. There shouldn't be any homeless people in California. It doesn't make economic sense. They will never be able to get back on their feet again. Tons of homeless people gathering in any place that has a good social safety net and draining it ruins any city's ability to have a good social safety net. It punishes and ruins the cities that try to lead with compassion.

crooked-v 2y ago
> It doesn't make economic sense. The motivation isn't 'economic sense', it's not dying when sleeping outside in a cold snap. > Tons of homeless people gathering in any place that has a good social safety net Maybe the answer here is to actually have a social safety net at the national level, instead of trying to shuffle people around in exactly the same way that hasn't accomplished anything useful since before the Dust Bowl.
- pfisch 2y ago
  >Maybe the answer here is to actually have a social safety net at the national level, instead of trying to shuffle people around in exactly the same way that hasn't accomplished anything useful since before the Dust Bowl. This is not a realistic goal, and it would still result in homeless people gathering in cities. >The motivation isn't 'economic sense', it's not dying when sleeping outside in a cold snap. There is an entire southern half of the country where that won't happen.
- bermuda4you 2y ago
  > The motivation isn't 'economic sense', it's not dying when sleeping outside in a cold snap. You keep misrepresenting the situation by dramatizing it. People sleep on the streets of San Francisco (one of the most expensive cities in the US) not because it's literally the only place in the country or even the state where they would not die in a cold snap. SF is brutally expensive, it's unreasonable to expect it to solve homelessness by housing people. It hasn't happened and it will never happen. Ever. We can spend $100B more on this next year, and we will just have more homeless people.

by pfisch 2y ago

crooked-v 2y ago

> It doesn't make economic sense. The motivation isn't 'economic sense', it's not dying when sleeping outside in a cold snap. > Tons of homeless people gathering in any place that has a good social safety net Maybe the answer here is to actually have a social safety net at the national level, instead of trying to shuffle people around in exactly the same way that hasn't accomplished anything useful since before the Dust Bowl.

pfisch 2y ago
>Maybe the answer here is to actually have a social safety net at the national level, instead of trying to shuffle people around in exactly the same way that hasn't accomplished anything useful since before the Dust Bowl. This is not a realistic goal, and it would still result in homeless people gathering in cities. >The motivation isn't 'economic sense', it's not dying when sleeping outside in a cold snap. There is an entire southern half of the country where that won't happen.
bermuda4you 2y ago
> The motivation isn't 'economic sense', it's not dying when sleeping outside in a cold snap. You keep misrepresenting the situation by dramatizing it. People sleep on the streets of San Francisco (one of the most expensive cities in the US) not because it's literally the only place in the country or even the state where they would not die in a cold snap. SF is brutally expensive, it's unreasonable to expect it to solve homelessness by housing people. It hasn't happened and it will never happen. Ever. We can spend $100B more on this next year, and we will just have more homeless people.