In your opinion why are there so many homeless people in LA and San Francisco ?

In Alameda County, the number of homeless residents jumped 43 percent over the past two years. In Orange County, that number was 42 percent. Kern County volunteers surveying the region’s homeless population found a 50 percent increase over 2018. San Francisco notched a 17 percent increase since 2017.

And on Tuesday, Los Angeles officials released the results of their most recent count: Homelessness was up by 12 percent over last year in the county and up 16 percent in the City of Los Angeles.

That puts L.A. County’s homeless population at 58,936 and the city’s at 36,300.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/us/los-angeles-homeless-population.html

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REMsleep · 41-45, F

Everyone wants to live in those cities. They are basically the most populated cities besides NY so obviously there will be more homeless as well. Also San Fran and LA not too far behind has the highest rent prices in the nation so people who are paycheck to paycheck or are lured in to make money can easily become homeless.
Those cities have good weather year round which makes for easier living on the streets. A large homeless population does attract other homeless as well.

Nimbus · M

@REMsleep Interesting.