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by vaidhy 1124 days ago
Here is the top 10 states with their estimated homeless population: California (171,521), New York (74,178), Florida (25,959), Washington (25,211), Texas (24,432), Oregon (17,959), Massachusetts (15,507), Arizona (13,553), Pennsylvania (12,691), Georgia (10,689)

In 2022, the U.S. homeless population was estimated to be over 577,000, according to the annual point-in-time count.

It looks extremely illogical to me that we cannot solve this problem for the 500,000 or so people in one of the richest countries. The only explanation I have is the sheer lack of political will and a sense of misplaced entitlement.

If you think there are hordes of homeless taking all over bay area, think again. There is only 171K in all of CA (out of 12 million people).

[0] Source : https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/states-with...

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> There is only 171K in all of CA (out of 12 million people).

California’s population is ~40 million.

Even better and even worse