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by IncreasePosts 307 days ago
I live in Boulder and homelessness is a big problem here. Some people tie it to housing costs, which I don't buy. There are nearby towns with housing that is substantially cheaper, within a 30 minute bus ride if you really need to get to Boulder for some reason.

And how good is that support network if it leaves you camping in a tent down by the river? I'm not taking about moving across the state, just down the road a bit.
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D-Coder 306 days ago
> There are nearby towns with housing that is substantially cheaper

Someone who doesn't have a job can't afford "substantially cheaper" housing anyway.

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nobody9999 306 days ago
>There are nearby towns with housing that is substantially cheaper, within a 30 minute bus ride if you really need to get to Boulder for some reason.

That's great! But if you have no place to store your clean (or dirty) clothes, or to shower, how many landlords are going to rent to you? How many employers are going to offer you a job?

Those are not rhetorical questions.

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IncreasePosts 306 days ago
You're talking about getting out of homelessness, I'm talking about not becoming homeless in the first place. It's not like rent increases happen overnight
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nobody9999 306 days ago
You said "I live in Boulder and homelessness is a big problem here...And how good is that support network if it leaves you camping in a tent down by the river?"

Nope. Definitely not talking about homeless poeple. Gotcha.

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