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Re:LA pays $2600 per homeless tent, per month by pseudalopex on Thursday May 27, 2021 @12:35AM (#27299450)
You assume transiently homeless people become chronically homeless faster than chronically homeless people find homes or die.
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Re:LA pays $2600 per homeless tent, per month by missedthecue on Thursday May 27, 2021 @12:55AM (#27299552)
That seems like a reasonable assumption does it not?
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Re:LA pays $2600 per homeless tent, per month by dodobirdlord on Thursday May 27, 2021 @01:09AM (#27299610)
Percentage wise, few transiently homeless people become chronically homeless. Far more people each year cycle through a period of transient homelessness than the average number of transiently homeless people at any point in time.
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Re:LA pays $2600 per homeless tent, per month by pseudalopex on Thursday May 27, 2021 @01:07AM (#27299600)
Assuming most homeless people are chronically homeless seems reasonable too. But it's wrong. Let's have more data and fewer assumptions.
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