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A comment on Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis. Parent comment

Re:Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis by brooklyn_ashey on Monday February 26, 2018 @09:36PM (#16470704)
I thought we were talking places where people can work/live. Detroit came to mind: affordable housing, a few jobs- not many. But then I remembered: oh yeah! They have a giant trash incinerator blowing poison air on the whole Metro Area. It is at its worst where the housing is at its most affordable. Then I thought Indiana, Ohio- also having cities with some of the worst air quality in the country. Detroit's is worse than LA. Evansville is up there. Let's not even start with the water issues in the midwest, starting with Detroit.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/23/detroit-garb...

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Re:Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis by jjeaff on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @03:19AM (#16527616)
Detroit is one of the worst in America and being nearly on the Canadian border, I don't think many consider it "middle" America.
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Re:Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis by hawkice on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @03:34AM (#16527655)
Middle America is more socioeconomic than physical. Chicago, south of Detroit (but mostly just further from the border with Canada), wouldn't be considered Middle America. North Dakota probably would. Detroit is a strange city, but I think many people would probably refer to it that way. The midwest in general can conjure some of the aesthetic pretty well, despite physical locations sometimes being quite north.
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