‘I lost everything:’ Homelessness surges in Silicon Valley

Re:‘I lost everything:’ Homelessness surges in Silicon Valley by ryanackley on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @01:15PM (#15645907)

If more people said "F* this, I don't want to live out of my car" and then drove away to someplace cheaper, business owners would have to raise wages to attract people to either stay or move to the area.

What I'm interested is why has the equilibrium been established where people who aren't making enough to have a decent standard of living choose to stay there.

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Re:‘I lost everything:’ Homelessness surges in Silicon Valley by r00fus on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @01:30PM (#15646079)

Relatives? Kids? Friends?

Essentially people are not really fungible. There are costs associated with migration.

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Re:‘I lost everything:’ Homelessness surges in Silicon Valley by mrguyorama on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @03:17PM (#15647119)

It turns out, being poor is very expensive and when you have no money, you have no money to start over somewhere else.

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Re:‘I lost everything:’ Homelessness surges in Silicon Valley by STRiDEX on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @01:40PM (#15646180)

These articles always find insane numbers. People pack into apartments and houses before leaving. I lived in Santa Clara right near the Caltrain tracks, which is in no way a ghetto area. But 2-3 bedroom apartments frequently had 4 or more cars and ~2-4 adults and 1-2 kids. Our apartment was a 3 bedroom 2 bath and was 2500 and we had 3 of us and 3 cars. This was my first apartment after college with two friends, was cheap for me as a junior dev.

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Re:‘I lost everything:’ Homelessness surges in Silicon Valley by s73ver_ on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @02:28PM (#15646655)

Again, with what money? And simply driving away to somewhere else doesn't mean there's going to be a job there that will let you afford an apartment.

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