[plantwallshoe]

That would imply drug addiction rates have increased with unhoused rates, but AFAIK they haven’t.

The big difference is the loss of cheap SRO housing. It used to be easy to find a flop house to stay in for $50 a month. Very unglamorous but at least it’s off the street and even people with a serious habit could afford it.

[thehappypm]

It would be hidden in the noise because the homeless population is still a very small fraction of the total