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> The U.S. is filled with homeless people. Even Italy, which was doing economically terrible when I visited, didn’t even have a fraction of the homelessness pro
by Matticus_Rex 2y ago
> The U.S. is filled with homeless people. Even Italy, which was doing economically terrible when I visited, didn’t even have a fraction of the homelessness problem as in the U.S.
Interestingly, these are not unrelated. Italy's housing prices are very low because of how badly it's doing economically.
- mattigames 2y agoIf so then its better if it did worse economically until homelessness becomes zero or close enough.
- Matticus_Rex 2y agoNot that closely related. Much of homelessness is still not a housing price issue, and housing price issues are partially but not completely remediated by a contraction in the economy. And also... no -- homelessness is one bad problem, but there are other problems. Bad economies cause a myriad, including declining healthcare availability and reductions in life expectancy.
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