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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by Exoristos on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:09AM (#38610526)
It's the other way around. They've lost their jobs and their homes -- and their friends -- and their families, because of drugs.
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by icholy on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @08:54AM (#38612078)
It goes both ways.
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by six_four_eight on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @09:01AM (#38612147)
Undoubtedly that can be the cause in some cases, but there are counterexamples. Like West Virginia which has a bad opioid addiction problem yet relatively low homeless rate. What does appear highly correlated is homeless rates vs. cost of housing to income ratios. Find a city with a real estate bubble, and you'll likely find a large tent city too.
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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by alexwennerberg on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @09:20AM (#38612400)
Drugs did not cause rents in Seattle to triple over the last 15 years
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