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Increase in Homelessness

Has anyone been paying attention to what is going on around them regarding the homeless. The numbers are increasing.

According to what I heard, homelessness in NYC is now well over 250,000 and is growing fast. That is bad. If that number is true, and the trend continues, we will see more homeless than have people living in apartments.

I don't know about the rest of you, but that does not make NYC look good. It can be a deterrent.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I don't know why any homeless person would want to live here. If I were homeless, I would save up every bit of change I had for a one way ticket to Hawaii. I can't imagine not having shelter with the weather we have here.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
I completely agree with JenMac. Then again I'm guessing the homeless don't exactly get to pick and choose their surroundings - that's the kind of poverty that most people can't even imagine, including me.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
I think someone mentioned in a post a while back that there was a city-wide "clean up" project where they literally put the homeless on buses out of the city. Hopefully they got sent somewhere sunny like LA or Miami...
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@JenMac: I totally agree with you. No argument here.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
I took a bus to Los Angeles from NYC once and there were homeless people on it. I will never, ever take such a long bus trip again. Every time I got on a new bus after a layover I was terrified of ending sitting next to a homeless person. Sorry if that's horrible, but that is not who I want to be in close proximity with on a terrible bus ride.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
Even though the weather is not the greatest here, aren't homeless people bound to collect more change from places where there is a lot of foot traffic? I doubt they have the same sort of income in cities where it's necessary to have a car.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK: The idea of being in the company of homeless people makes me want to rent a car instead. Is there a way to check to see if the bus I need to take will include homeless people?
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
That's a good point, @Neversleeps. But, man, I dunno.. . . I think I'd take my chances in Hawaii.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@hhusted HA. I seriously doubt it. It's not like they brand tickets with descriptions of a person's social status.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@JenMac Well if you're really good at saving quarters I guess Hawaii is the place to do it.

I'm also guessing that a city like New York does a lot more to accommodate homeless people as far as shelter and food and whatever else than a place like Hawaii that doesn't see too many homeless stragglers. Then again you might have the one homeless shelter all to yourself over there.
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
I think in other cities they earn money doing odd errands, like that annoying window washing scam mentioned elsewhere, rather than 100% panhandling. And you can't beat the warm weather in Hawaii, California, Florida...
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
More people on the streets than off them? Crazy! It is true though that having a good homeless-care system leads to more homeless people, inevitably. In Oxford, which is known for its care, I pass 20+ Big Issue salesmen (homeless men in the UK sell a magazine to make some money) in the mile walk from home to the lecture hall. I wish there was a better way to deal with the problem than to encourage flocks of homeless people to move to one place!
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