Seems Like The City Is Hiding The Numbers On The Amount Of Homeless or Transients That Have Come To This City…

It was implied that there were a bit more than 130, which was the overflow for the number of available beds at two shelters. Someone else who knows said that it is more like 500. They used to be just on this side of the city mostly the old downtown area and near another shelter but now there are tent camps popping up in wooded areas on the outskirts of the metro area. Even one close to the interstate under a bridge and in that area. Businesses in the old downtown area keep closing up or moving to other areas. And people interested in moving here are changing their minds about buying real estate.

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Blame loss of good paying jobs and the ever increasing cost of housing. No factories or warehouses, then everything gets made in south East Asia and delivered by UPS or FedEx.

Housing needs to come first though. So that they can at least find a good paying job.

No housing, no one is going to hire you! Not even at minimum wage now. The first thing they ask is where do you live on the application. Not even a interview. And the big corporations have left because they don't want to pay union wages.

It's greed all around.

Heck they are even delivering our trash to foreign countries. Because they don't want to pay for it here. The land is too expensive.

The corporations don't even want to train anyone. There's no such thing as apprenticeships that have room and boarding. Much less pay for a college degree.