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by Symbiote 3885 days ago
According to [1], the Netherlands has about 0.16% homeless people per capita, and the USA 0.50-1.10%. (If I'm comparing figures correctly, since that page has "counted on one night" and "total for the year" for different countries.)

It's probably significant that a lot of the US is a lot warmer year-round.

[1] https://www.homelessworldcup.org/homelessness-statistics/#eu...

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> It's probably significant that a lot of the US is a lot warmer year-round.

Yup, exactly this. It's why there are so many homeless folks in Hawaii: it's easy to live there without shelter. Living in a part of the world where the weather gets cold forces people to make decisions.