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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
C'mon Denis, even in podunk KS I've seen reports about the homeless problem in SF. It's one of the most homeless friendly cities in America, and has one of the biggest problems with homeless (go figure). Here's a quick article from the SF Chronicle that states "they give the city its dubious distinction of having what many call the worst homeless problem in the country".
Shame of the city - SFGate
It's idiotic to pretend that any big city is 100% chock full of wealth and brains. Seriously? |
Yes, that would be idiotic. And it's not what I said. Of course there is a "homeless problem", although it's not a problem for 99%+ of the people who live there.
I have a news flash for you guys: When you go to a big city, (or a big state),
there is more of everything. Where would you want to live if you were homeless or a drifter in the first place...Cownutz Missouri or California? Where do you think would be warmer and have better panhandling? There are more people in L.A. county alone than in your state and the 5 states around it, most likely. So yeah, more food lines...
The difference between myself and some of you is that
I am from the midwest and I've been just about everywhere in this country plus many more. I do not think that everyone in Kansas is a farmer, though that would not be a bad assumption to make about someone from a rural part of the state. Not bad either as a guess or in terms of being demeaning. Farmers are very rich these days if they grow corn. Certain members of my extended family farm, we are not the least bit embarrassed about it.
The only time I see a food line in CA. is when I drive downtown to skid row or to the church in Hollywood where I sometimes volunteer. My good friend runs the charity and it feeds about 100-150 people a day, 5 days a week. Not all of them are homeless, though. Some are just flat broke for whatever reason.
Some of you need to turn off the Fox News and actually get out in the world. It's large and interesting and it beats googling stupid images of people down on their luck in CA., (supposedly). The larger cities in your part of the world have major underclasses and look like one continuous loop of COPS, if you only watch schitty television.
The reality is that the wealth in the San Francisco area these days is staggering. And I'm not talking about the Larry Ellisons or Gordon Gettys, I'm talking about the sheer number of affluent and highly educated people. It would be very foreign to you.