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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Spoiledbrat · F

Without doing research I’d say it’s because they’re expensive cities to live in.

Nimbus · M

@Spoiledbrat Yes but so are other cities like NY etc.

Valerian · 100+, M

@Spoiledbrat Awww! Those druggies can afford to rent a 400 Square Foot Ghetto Studio (no Utilities included) for $1700/month!
But they'd have to give up their Drugs and Food!

Spoiledbrat · F

That’s a lot for even me to pay. @Valerian

Valerian · 100+, M

@Spoiledbrat Yup!
Then you'd have to commute 25 miles to work, because there's no cheaper housing closer!