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Re:Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on ... by michaelkeenan on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @12:52PM (#5706160)
> Most of the homeless in SF actually want to be on the streets.

To those surprised by this sentence, jarjoura might be influenced by this recent Priceonomics blog post: http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/43085729257/the-street-kid...

"Most street kids we spoke to came from one of two backgrounds: either they had job prospects (whether good or dead-end) but preferred the freedom of homelessness, or were transient homeless who fell in love with the street kid community...Street kids defied our expectations of living on the street as a last resort; instead they seem to be drawn to the Haight."

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Re:Come here and work on hard problems – except the ones on ... by king_jester on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @01:20PM (#5706388)
The article focuses on a very specific demographic of homeless people in a specific area of SF. These people do not represent a complete picture of homelessness. For example, most of the people interviewed in the article are white, but other races (esp. black folks) are several times more likely to be homeless or occupying shelter spaces.
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