Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s

Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by CydeWeys on Friday December 29, 2017 @10:55AM (#16030047)

I live in NYC, and we're currently in the middle of a two-week-long span of high winds and average temperatures of -9°C, with lows of -15°C (before you add in wind chill).

If you don't have good shelter for these conditions death is pretty much a guarantee. I sure as hell would never want to be homeless in NYC during a winter like this one. You cannot discount the effect of weather on homeless populations, and even the homeless can typically scrounge together enough money for a one-way bus ticket to somewhere warmer, once.

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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by southphillyman on Friday December 29, 2017 @11:20AM (#16030186)

Basically. I think weather is likely main reason places like SF, LA, and San Diego have huge homeless populations.

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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by CydeWeys on Friday December 29, 2017 @11:23AM (#16030200)

That in combination with unaffordable housing. There are plenty of homeless people in these places who aren't mentally ill and do in fact still have full-time jobs; they just literally can't afford a place to live and end up living in their car in a parking lot somewhere. If everything else about their situation remained the same, except rent prices were cheaper, they wouldn't be homeless.

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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by beaner on Friday December 29, 2017 @11:02AM (#16030082)

I agree, weather plays a huge role. To praise NYC for lack of homelessness when very few homeless could live there as a result of that factor, doesn't make much sense.

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