Posted on 03/25/2024 4:59:14 AM PDT by Cronos
“who proposed that the best way to eradicate homelessness was to give people homes”
I’d say Japan has the right model. Don’t subsidize behavior you don’t want.
“Japan has a lot of homeless. “
Japan back in the early 90’s had many more homeless than now . This was after the economic bubble burst . Almost never see a homeless person these days . BTW - I’ve lived in Japan since 1985 .
7.2M illegals entered the US under Biden admin, an amount
greater than population of 36 states
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Dem States just trying to catch up and get in the top rankings.
The more people you can count the more hand outs from the feds
come your way. Our tax monies have to go somewhere, be it good
or bad. The recipients are crowing approval and asking for more
from the tax payers. Just keep feeding the beast. JMO
A lot of homelessness comes from drugs which comes from sin which comes from rejection of God
It needs to be understood that:
1. American metropolitan areas are often enormous,
2. road capacity limits housing density,
3. people who pay $600,000 for an apartment are going to be upset if a burger flipper working 28 hours a week gets a near equal apartment for 30% of income,
4. not everyone can live in metro Los Angeles,
5. if paradises were nearly as affordable as hellholes, the people in hellholes would move to paradises and destroy them.
The fifth one is known as the tragedy of the commons. It applies to pastures, cities and even nations.
Homogenious monocultures. People are predominantly of one kind.
Same reason why even their justice systems lack many of the pathologies of ours. Ours is geared to manage the lowest common denominator.
Indeed note the up tic in institutions
Other factors come into play:
1. natural blessing of an area such as:
a. beaches,
b. lakes,
c. mountains,
d. coastal temperature moderation,
2. air transport,
3. no state income taxation,
4. gun laws,
5. insurance availability risk locking out high risk tenants[coastal Florida].
The US is not as big as one might initially think.
My area of Florida is popular. The possible unavailability of property insurance makes being a slumlord very risky.
Do they allow people to steal someone else’s home if the home is vacant for 30 days?
An extended family from out of the country can afford to pay more for housing than a traditional American nuclear family unless the adults in the American nuclear family have well paid jobs.
One can see this displacement in Los Angeles, NYC and suburban DC.
That’s what we used to do. Then liberal, leftist feminists got involved because feelings.
Yeah, Ueno and Osaka Koen park used to be huge blue tarp cities back then.
“ Also, the homeless in Japan are very industrious.”
When I was there, I met a bunch of hobos while viewing cherry blossoms. They said they followed the cherry blossom front as it moved north, eating and drinking the leftovers from the cherry blossom viewing parties. By the time they got to Hokkaido, seasonal agriculture jobs were opening up.
Lack of drugs and a strong social ethic keep the homeless in Japan from being the public burden they are in US cities.
Also not mentioned is that both of these countries have very low birth rates. Tgst probably reduces the number of the potential homeless.
Yeah, there’s a scene in the movie Tampopo when a bunch of homeless break into a kitchen and cook a perfect omelette.
Finland and Japan prove that dealing with homelessness is simple. You can give homeless people homes or you can kill them. Easy.
One question how do the number of homeless addicts in those countries compare to the number in the U.S.?
Thanks for pointing that out.
Finland: Uh, 8 months of winter. That weeds them out right quick. No multi-year homelessness. /joking, sort of.
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