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Are there more homeless people?
Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:31 pm
I know we always point to San Francisco and Seattle as examples of the homeless problem in the US, but it’s worse in general, right? I went to New Orleans recently for the first time in ages, and there were probably 10 tents under this one overpass. It wasn’t like that even a decade ago. The Westchase area of Houston has always had panhandlers, but there is one at every single intersection now. You even occasionally see panhandlers at large intersections in nicer suburban areas outside the city, and that’s definitely a new thing. What is going on? Is it fentanyl or something else.
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Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:34 pm to pelicanpride
There are more when the number of them goes up.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:36 pm to pelicanpride
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Is it fentanyl or something else.
The insane cost of living probably isn't helping things.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:36 pm to pelicanpride
Less in Louisiana
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Of the nine states with a decrease in homelessness in 2023, Louisiana (-57 percent) and Delaware (-47 percent) posted the most impressive declines
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Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:36 pm to pelicanpride
Society has become more complex. About 15% of the population is too stupid to have consistent employment. Throw in the druggies and the crazies, and we have a bad situation that will only get worse.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:39 pm to pelicanpride
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Is it fentanyl or something else.
This is actually reducing the number of homeless.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:45 pm to pelicanpride
Those guys don’t vote. They don’t count.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:46 pm to pelicanpride
The middle class can barely afford their homes and food. I don't know how 100% of the poor aren't homeless.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 7:47 pm to stout
Half of Louisiana’s population already lives like they’re homeless
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:14 pm to pelicanpride
When white liberals are in charge, there are more homeless. That's how it works
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:26 pm to pelicanpride
I honestly wonder if all the panhandlers are homeless. The ones who have worked the same spots for years must live nearby, somewhere.
I also think something about our society is making the number of homeless increase. Sort of like London around the turn of the century (1900.)
I also think something about our society is making the number of homeless increase. Sort of like London around the turn of the century (1900.)
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:31 pm to stout
What? We're on the winning side of one of these lists
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:31 pm to rundmcrun
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The middle class can barely afford their homes and food. I don't know how 100% of the poor aren't homeless.
Yes, and they bitch about it while on their MacBook at Starbucks drinking an $8 soy latte. Cry me a river
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:40 pm to pelicanpride
quote:Our underground network is like no other, our plan to rise up and conquer modern society is already underway
Are there more homeless people?
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:43 pm to SneezyBeltranIsHere
Society has become more complex. About 15% of the population is too stupid to have consistent employment. Throw in the druggies and the crazies, and we have a bad situation that will only get worse.
This right here. And most people in civil society never interact with these people and hence don’t understand. They’ll say something like “learn to code” to some guy who doesn’t have the mental capacity to pick up trash off the road.
This right here. And most people in civil society never interact with these people and hence don’t understand. They’ll say something like “learn to code” to some guy who doesn’t have the mental capacity to pick up trash off the road.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:43 pm to VADawg
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The insane cost of living probably isn't helping things.
Yeah that’s it, not the smoking meth and fentanyl under a bridge.
And for the op.
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Homelessness in the U.S. jumped to record level in 2023, government says
We also have let in 10 million jobless and homeless people.
This post was edited on 1/24/24 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:46 pm to NOLAVOL16
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This right here. And most people in civil society never interact with these people and hence don’t understand. They’ll say something like “learn to code” to some guy who doesn’t have the mental capacity to pick up trash off the road.
Well we have jobs now that used to require no degree, require a degree. We have jobs that used to require a degree that now require a graduate degree.
We def fricked this up a long the way.
This post was edited on 1/24/24 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:55 pm to pelicanpride
The homeless are all gone. They are now "unhoused". 
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:57 pm to pelicanpride
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What is going on?
I think it's a dramatic increase in drug use and mental illness coupled with a more permissive society willing to allow homeless communities to exist and proliferate.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 9:16 pm to pelicanpride
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What is going on?
Bidenomics
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