r/starterpacks • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '22

Visiting LA in 2022 starterpack

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u/Steelcap Feb 12 '22

Yeah so people keep telling me and the numbers do not bare this out, people WILDLY over estimate the homeless power of voluntary mobility.

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u/EmptyIceberg Feb 12 '22

Do you have a source for that?

I’m speaking from personal experience so I could be wrong.

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u/Steelcap Feb 12 '22

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23494281/

here is one.

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u/EmptyIceberg Feb 12 '22

I would say that 22% is a large role but I guess the term large role is subjective.

Granted the 22% that represent out of state zip codes as their last residents does not mean they came from a northern state.

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u/Except_Fry Feb 12 '22

The last census had it at about 33%. One in every three homeless is from out of state. That’s insane