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A bunch of cheap land or vacant homes 3000 miles away aren't going to solve the homeless problem in your city, or any other major urban area. Ultimately people
by paxys 2y ago
A bunch of cheap land or vacant homes 3000 miles away aren't going to solve the homeless problem in your city, or any other major urban area. Ultimately people stay where they want to stay, for a variety of reasons.
- jp191919 2y ago>Ultimately people stay where they want to stay, for a variety of reasons. With the majority of homeless, the reason would be easier access to illicit substances.
- notaustinpowers 2y agoOnly 26% of homeless people abuse drugs, find a new stereotype.
- patrick451 2y ago26% is a massive number and more than sufficient for the stereotype to fit. If 26% of x demographic had murdered somebody, a stereotype that x are murderers would be well deserved.
- loeg 2y agoComparatively, the background population uses drugs at approximately 13%: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-illicit.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-illicit.htm (ignoring alcohol, which is huge: ~53%). Most drug users aren't homeless.
- notaustinpowers 2y agoAnd saying "just build more houses" isn't going to solve it either.
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- loeg 2y agoYes, you have to actually build them too.
- BobaFloutist 2y agoWell, of course not. We have to actually build them. Just saying it does nothing. Assuming by houses you mean the high-density housing people are actually saying would help alleviate the issue.
- vundercind 2y agoYep, fifty vacant houses in and around a tiny losing-10%-population-per-decade 500-pop town in the middle of Wyoming doesn’t help anyone. No jobs, and good luck efficiently delivering public support to the person you stick in that one house with a mold problem and sewage tank that needed to be replaced years ago, a half-mile down a dirt road six miles outside of town. Without a car.