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by mmooss 520 days ago
India is overwhelmed with poverty far beyond anything I've seen in the US.

The people of India started from even worse poverty and have generally made progress (especially since recently-deceased PM Singh). I'm not criticizing. But holding forth India's culture [1] as a model of preventing homelessness is pretty incredible.

[1] India may have the largest, most diverse collection of 'cultures' within one national border in the world, so which one are we talking about?

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OP is referring to a homeless Indian in the US, not in India.
Do they have a vastly different culture?
No... homeless people in India behave nothing like homeless in America. Their situation is easily fixed with money.
I’m talking about Indian homeless people in the US.
You said the claimed lack of Indian homeless in the US was a consequence of culture. Indians in India presumably have the same culture, and lots of homeless.