Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why the uptick of homeless in SF?
The city council protect their choice not to be contributing members of society. Instead they are allowed to camp on city streets, collect their welfare and socialize all day.
Why hold a job?
Indeed - why? can't afford housing in the city anyway.
When I couldn't afford housing, I chose to live elsewhere.
I wish I could afford live near my job in NYC, but I can't. I chose NOT to become homeless. I lived elsewhere.
To clarify- you left NYC area completely or commuted from further out? Having lived in both areas, it is far easier to do the latter in the NYC metro area. More housing stock and the transport options are better for commuting. The Bay area is just nuts. We left the Bay area altogether when it came time to have a family because it just wasn't workable. I mean whatever, we are no great loss but at some point not being able to retain people who are more integral to the fabric of society (teachers, first responders, nurses, etc.) will become a problem, because who wants to commute 2hrs for those jobs when you can find one elsewhere.