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by woodruffw 202 days ago
Given that less than half of NYC residents are born in NYC, the null hypothesis would be that the average homeless person is also born outside of the city[1].

(Maybe this demographic skews more towards natives in the case of homeless addicts, but I can’t find a statistic to support that.)

[1]: https://popfactfinder.planning.nyc.gov/explorer/cities/New%2...