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		stale2002 on June 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California spent $17B on homelessness – it’s not w... Well, the issue is also because homelessness isn't caused because people don't have a home. People could move to the midwest and live very cheaply if that were the issue. The true cause of homelessness is mostly mental health issues, at least in these big cities.

boucher on June 2, 2023 [–]

This is an often repeated and false claim.

stale2002 on June 2, 2023 | [–]

Well it's not false, in that it would be extremely cheap for someone to just go live in the mid west.

Or do you think buying bus tickets for people is some sort of impossible to do thing?

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