Homesless people fall in several camps. However, why is it that homelessness is a bigger issue in CA vs NY? Likely because CA has been lax on homelessness to a degree where aimless vagabonds and drug addicts think it's acceptable. It's not. For reasons economic and ethical. Nobody wants homelessness and nobody wants to be homeless. But from the outside looking in, when you tolerate it like CA does, it seems like a lot of homeless people are content with it. Which sets a precedent that being homeless is okay in those cities.