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Chicago has a huge homeless problem. http://www.chicagohomeless.org/faq-studies/ http://www.chicagohomeless.org/faq-studies/
by absconditus 14y ago
Chicago has a huge homeless problem.
http://www.chicagohomeless.org/faq-studies/ http://www.chicagohomeless.org/faq-studies/
- GiselleDarlene 14y agoThey must "hide" them well. I've lived in Chicago all of my life and there's no comparison to SF.
- brandnewlow 14y agoAgreed 100%. I lived on Division and Wells for 4 years and never saw homelessness like I see walking from our startup office in SF to visit our bank. That said, Chicago's true poor are cached away far south of the places where people who read Hacker News would likely live.
- absconditus 14y agoI live in Chicago and see them every single day. They are usually on buses and trains or at the stops and stations. I also see them digging through the trash in the alley behind my building.
- batiudrami 14y agoI visited Chicago and SF recently, and (at least down town) you're talking several orders of magnitude. Being in SF was really sad for me - sitting in a niceish cafe/restaurant and looking out the window to see a homeless person sifting through a bin. It's not at all what I'm used to. Chicago, on the other hand, is a beautiful city. I was only in the Loop/Greektown area, but it was super clean, full of really friendly people, and lovely art installations and park areas. It was a pity that I could only stomach the food for a few days.