It wouldn't sound unfair to suggest that a lot of poverty has to do with the cycle of attitude when it comes to government assistance and poor parenting, more from the state than the parents.

Let's see what the total population is..

four million

so 58,000 is bad, but as a percentage that's pretty small

I think that the LA & San Francisco has to do with a lot more than partisan talking points.

0.145%

sorry, 0.0145%

It's in large due to the culture surrounding the views on poverty and progress.

wouldn't be surprised if the majority of them are located in only a handful of locations though

```The highest rates of homelessness among states are in Hawaii (465 per 100,000), followed by New York (399) and California (367). The lowest homeless counts per capita come in Mississippi (81 per 100,000), Indiana (94) and Kansas (94).```

Nobody wants to live in Kansas

homeless problem: *solved*

Kansas City is in MISSOURI

😛

It's like they didn't want to be associated with the state

IIRC it was a war that actually did this

i think Civil War?

(Looks it up)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri#American_Civil_War

Homeless people in the US are also of a much wider range of people, compared to countries with more universal welfare states.

Yeah

Not a huge majority of the mentally ill, like in countries with universal welfare states.

> Kansas tied for minimal homelessness
> Tornado country
🤔

oh god I knew someone would go there

How are the insurance prices for housing in areas like that?

Asking because I'm curious, and don't live anywhere near a place where such things as hurricanes and tornados appear.

I'm in NorthEast Texas

Our cost of living is so low

A city near my city, Azle, Texas is even lower.

The growth of population in the state of Texas in the previous decades are in large part thanks to the cost of living.

https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/fort-worth

Turns out taxing people less and letting do what they want costs everyone less money and stimulates growth

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Austin, Texas is more expensive

https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/austin

Look at the housing costs for one of the highest cost indexed cities in the US

https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/san-francisco

``
Monthly rent for 85 m2 (900 Sqft) furnished accommodation in EXPENSIVE area $4,178
Monthly rent for 85 m2 (900 Sqft) furnished accommodation in NORMAL area $3,652
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One of the things suggested to me as a software engineer is to go work for the bigger companies with a degree in Cali, Oregon, and Washington State, so I can go back into lower-cost states and suggest the same salaries provided to people in the higher-cost states.