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0 pointsandreygrehov4y ago0 comments

> There are homeless issues in Austin, just as there are in SF (though not as bad as SF, it's getting worse every year).

- Homelessness in Texas has decreased by 55% since 2010.

- Homelessness in California has increased by 35% since 2010.

So, there is massive a 90% gap. California is obviously doing something wrong there.

Source: United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

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davidw4y ago

They're talking about Austin in particular, not the entire state. I found this to be an interesting read:

https://www.slowboring.com/p/homelessness-is-about-housing-n...

georgewsinger4y ago

Yeah, I was only talking about Austin.

jeffbee4y ago

Obviously, Texas has out-built California in housing every year since 1990. Housing solves homelessness for reasons that should be clear.

davidw4y ago

This parent comment from jeffbee is pretty obviously correct. There are more homes and they cost less and... amazingly, there are fewer people without homes.

People get this logic when you talk about, say, Ferraris. Of course not everyone has one! They cost a lot of money!

But with housing it's like "no! It must be drugs! Or they don't work hard enough! It can't have anything to do with the cost of a home being nearly a million dollars!"

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0 pointsandreygrehov4y ago0 comments

> There are homeless issues in Austin, just as there are in SF (though not as bad as SF, it's getting worse every year).

- Homelessness in Texas has decreased by 55% since 2010.

- Homelessness in California has increased by 35% since 2010.

So, there is massive a 90% gap. California is obviously doing something wrong there.

Source: United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

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davidw4y ago

They're talking about Austin in particular, not the entire state. I found this to be an interesting read:

https://www.slowboring.com/p/homelessness-is-about-housing-n...

georgewsinger4y ago

Yeah, I was only talking about Austin.

jeffbee4y ago

Obviously, Texas has out-built California in housing every year since 1990. Housing solves homelessness for reasons that should be clear.

davidw4y ago

This parent comment from jeffbee is pretty obviously correct. There are more homes and they cost less and... amazingly, there are fewer people without homes.

People get this logic when you talk about, say, Ferraris. Of course not everyone has one! They cost a lot of money!

But with housing it's like "no! It must be drugs! Or they don't work hard enough! It can't have anything to do with the cost of a home being nearly a million dollars!"

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse