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You're swapping cause and effect. Places with lots of economic opportunity and significant public services to assist the homeless are the place where you can ha
by jjk166 1y ago
You're swapping cause and effect. Places with lots of economic opportunity and significant public services to assist the homeless are the place where you can have large homeless populations, ie large numbers of people just barely scraping by. Decrease the money flowing in and the population will go down, because they would no longer be able to survive. Those who can will go elsewhere, you can imagine what happens to those who can't leave a place where they can't survive. One must be very careful using "number of people observed with a particular symptom of the problem" as a proxy for how well the problem is being handled.
- estearum 1y agoHigh-productivity places without lots of public services also have a lot of homeless people though
- jjk166 1y agoThere's still money in those places to support people even if it's not flowing through public services. Many homeless people work, and it's easier to get work in high productivity areas. Most of those who don't rely on generosity from people who do.