Good chance they're in the latter category, in that case. We don't see the homeless, or even notice them as such, as a rule. What we see is the mental illness we decided we would no longer provide for as a public service. For awhile, alot of them were vets. It became such a big issue that real government action kicked in and reduced the rate by half over ten years. Mostly through direct assistance and assisted housing. Poverty is a part of a vicious cycle of illness and despair. People aren't poor, for example, because they make bad financial decisions. They make bad financial decisions because they are poor. Because they are stressed, under duress, and always motivated to compromise. Add in a little ptsd...maybe some opioid addiction....et voila, bridge camps full of trained killers whose greatest financial opportunity and best economic decision is actually to rob you. Good thing they're not all sociopaths, or we'd have a real problem.
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