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58. Why would people move to a city that is completely unaffordable for most middle class people...

Thu Jun 6, 2019, 07:12 PM

Jun 2019

It's actually become more difficult to recruit people to move here because of the cost of housing. People are moving away because of the cost of housing, yet people move here to live on the streets...

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Staggering homeless count stuns LA officials. [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 OP

from article Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #1

And yet LA County somehow is going to spend $300 million on 100% unverifiable vote-stealing diva77 Jun 2019 #2

I don't think so... stillcool Jun 2019 #33

Check out this post which provides facts and signed letters from experts to the contrary. diva77 Jun 2019 #55

Reading this makes me so frustrated. Makes me want to go and watch "Keeping up with the Kardashians" YOHABLO Jun 2019 #3

Sure. After all, much of this starts all across the nation, Hortensis Jun 2019 #16

You have to raise property taxes to fund the counties homeless programs. wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #39

Raise the cost of housing, to cover the cost of helping the homeless. Fla_Democrat Jun 2019 #78

My home town, Portland, OR is in the same mess Hulk Jun 2019 #4

"Many are irresponsible and create all sorts of problems for the neighborhoods they infest." RoadMan Jun 2019 #11

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Jun 2019 #18

They're right. Try living around it for a while and you will agree. I work in SF Dream Girl Jun 2019 #30

So human beings are vermin RoadMan Jun 2019 #34

Where in the hell do you get off..? Hulk Jun 2019 #69

I didn't say it RoadMan Jun 2019 #75

Nice try, bud. Hulk Jun 2019 #79

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2019 #80

Where do homeless people go to poop? Not in the customers only bathrooms. wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #41

Sweet Jesus! Hulk Jun 2019 #70

Alright don't. Get off my case wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #84

It takes way more than compassion or empathy Dorian Gray Jun 2019 #82

I administered homeless grants in the county of Santa Barbara. Tell me about it. wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #85

Absolutely Dorian Gray Jun 2019 #86

HMIS is a data base of homeless people who have come wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #87

The city of Denver recently set up a tiny home community gldstwmn Jun 2019 #89

So you agree they "infest" neighborhoods? Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #44

Another stupid post. Hulk Jun 2019 #71

Read what you wrote. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #72

You can do better than this dehumanizing take. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #20

This view of homelessness is uncharitable in the extreme. Aristus Jun 2019 #42

Aristis is totally correct. Most homeless people are invisible from the rest of the population.. Stuart G Jun 2019 #74

I'm not arguing or being disrespectful DashOneBravo Jun 2019 #76

homeless enid602 Jun 2019 #46

Pretty much any west coast big city is like this shanti Jun 2019 #62

I was attacked by a homeless woman mnhtnbb Jun 2019 #77

Opioids, meth, and heroin are the main cause of the growth in this issue. TeamPooka Jun 2019 #5

Interesting. Do you have any data to Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #9

Tons TeamPooka Jun 2019 #23

if only it were that simple Blues Heron Jun 2019 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #27

Economy is good for the investor class RoadMan Jun 2019 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #53

then those officials need to get out more and Raine Jun 2019 #6

A country as big and free as ours will have a homeless problem of tremendous proportion. lindysalsagal Jun 2019 #7

republicans accept full reponsibility Achilleaze Jun 2019 #8

What Republicans are running LA? former9thward Jun 2019 #13

Yup, we have to own this one Amishman Jun 2019 #22

Homelessness is a NATIONAL CRISIS. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #35

Yes, it is a nationwide problem and one that each city attempts to address in its own way... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #45

Here in Sacramento too shanti Jun 2019 #64

Spot on. a la izquierda Jun 2019 #83

I bet a good chunk of the homeless are people of average means. Vinca Jun 2019 #12

I will take your bet. former9thward Jun 2019 #14

I agree with that, but the people who can afford the homes aren't the ones working Vinca Jun 2019 #17

And how does a person who has been priced out of a community scrape Coventina Jun 2019 #21

Pricing out of a community does not happen overnight. former9thward Jun 2019 #24

You make many allegations, but fail to provide support for any of them. LanternWaste Jun 2019 #26

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2019 #81

Except the 15% of all homeless adults that are identified as survivors of domestic violence LanternWaste Jun 2019 #25

You are wrong kcr Jun 2019 #31

I don't think there is such a thing anymore. Initech Jun 2019 #48

Nope...people of average means move farther out or out of the city altogether (or have roommates) Dream Girl Jun 2019 #59

Trump actually is dropping off undocumented immigrants in sanctuary cities perhaps. sarabelle Jun 2019 #15

I live in a nice neighborhood in Los Angeles County. TruckFump Jun 2019 #19

Really? When rent is skyrocketing so much that people can't afford it, you're surprised? Initech Jun 2019 #28

Except some homeless people move here for the nice climate. Easier to live on the streets in 50 Dream Girl Jun 2019 #32

that would mean they move for survival maxsolomon Jun 2019 #37

So it's not the high rent prices that are making them homeless? Dream Girl Jun 2019 #57

some homeless come to the city from elsewhere. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #60

Why would people move to a city that is completely unaffordable for most middle class people... Dream Girl Jun 2019 #58

so they don't freeze to death? maxsolomon Jun 2019 #61

Weather makes it much more liveable, but my point is it's not really the high rents Dream Girl Jun 2019 #63

maybe, maybe not. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #65

It is complicated and while eviction is a factor, there are protections, at least in SF... Dream Girl Jun 2019 #66

rent control exists in very few places in the land of the free. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #67

Those assholes. MrsCoffee Jun 2019 #51

High rent prices aren't the only reason too ... the limited supply of housing coming up for sale ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #47

The city's median price for a one-bedroom apartment was $1360 DBoon Jun 2019 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author SamuelTwain Jun 2019 #38

Do you know how offensive that is? Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 #40

Sorry, I was being sarcastic. I deleted the post. You're right. SamuelTwain Jun 2019 #43

Thank you.N/T Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 #56

What percentage have come to LA from somewhere else? LeftinOH Jun 2019 #49

what percentage of people with homes came from somewhere else? Kali Jun 2019 #52

In Salt Lake City we also have major homeless issues Calculating Jun 2019 #50

I guess SLC is a Librul City so that's why there's a problem? maxsolomon Jun 2019 #54

The homeless tend to gravitate toward fast-growing cities with mild winters and where panhandling is dalton99a Jun 2019 #68

1962 book: The Other America, Michael Harrington.. Stuart G Jun 2019 #73

Residential housing has been turned into an asset class JCMach1 Jun 2019 #88