I'm not the most educated on these topics, but at least from the point of view of the homeless population:
I live in Mississippi (2nd largest city), and been here my whole life. You don't see nearly as many homeless people. I've have never seen a homeless camp, at the very most one tent, and it's always out in the trees, not in the way and kind of hidden. I've never seen someone shooting up or smoking crack on the street.
The largest city in the state (Jackson) does have a very bad crime problem, but the homeless population hasn't caught up yet, I don't think.
But this should all be taken with the perspective that the population of Mississippi cities are exponentially smaller, so in reality the homeless % might be the same or worse as San Francisco but I'm too lazy too look up numbers.
But this should all be taken with the perspective that the population of Mississippi cities are exponentially smaller, so in reality the homeless % might be the same or worse as San Francisco
And that's a fair point. For what it's worth, I grew up in So Cal, and have been to SF many, many times. I've never seen people smoking crack on the streets or had to deal with homeless encampments. People on the fringe try to stay on the fringe. Yea, there are bad areas, but if you're trying to avoid that, it's easy to do.
Red states have no Social programs and benefits so it’s in the best interest of homeless people to save up enough money to get on a bus or train to the nearest blue state
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u/BlackberryHelpful676 Jul 11 '23
Yea, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Malibu, etc. sure are shitholes. But tell me how any city in Arkansas or Mississippi is better lol