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user-inactivated  ·  2491 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Homelessness up 26% in LA YoY, 10% in Seattle , *61%* among LA youth

We don't have a beach but homelessness in Missouri is a total of 18,000 people in a population of 6 million. Down 36% from 2012 and it was only that high because of a tornado in 2011 that literally demolished peoples' houses. And even then, that's anyone who was homeless. Chronic homelessness in Missouri is a total of 2,200 people.

Here's the source for that. University of Missouri St. Louis Public Policy Research Center.

And I can guess that you're wondering if they're all in one place like KC or STL. But St. Louis is 5% of homelessness despite being 5% of the population. KC is a little higher with 375 chronic homeless (17% with 8% of the population). And those are just the metro areas when in fact St. Louis is just a small part of St. Louis County where there are another million people and KC extends in a similar way.

I just don't understand the appeal of spending all your money to live in LA.