tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post1564712827007751153..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: Have Some Sympathy For The HomelessK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-74750707848120707312017-12-04T07:46:20.143-08:002017-12-04T07:46:20.143-08:00You are both right. San Diego has a homeless probl...You are both right. San Diego has a homeless problem for the same reason that rents are high - our weather is just about perfect all year. Coastal SoCal is like that. So once you get here and you can't earn big money, finding housing is difficult. If you're homeless, it makes no sense to leave because it's so much colder and inhospitable everywhere else. K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-79535856827520008982017-12-04T07:01:52.301-08:002017-12-04T07:01:52.301-08:00My son just got next year's housing setup for ...My son just got next year's housing setup for next year up there. There is just 3 of them right now, but they will pickup a fourth. And it will be $1200.<br /><br />This year's place was a bit cheaper in Hancock, an ancient miner's house probably built in the 1880s. Not a bad place to live for a student. <br /><br />Obviously the farther you are from the University the cheaper the rent. <br /><br />And definitely, a death sentence to not haveshelter up there. About as opposite of San Diego as yourself going to get. Parts of Northern Minnesota or North Dakota might be a little more harsh. Mostly Nothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511731036581746798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-80344327312716615902017-12-04T05:49:57.681-08:002017-12-04T05:49:57.681-08:00I expect that a big part of the San Diego homeless...I expect that a big part of the San Diego homeless issue is that it is *possible* to survive for a long time without shelter in your environment.<br /><br />We have very few homeless people here, I only see two or three with any regularity, and they are well within the capabilities of the local charities to keep sheltered. Being without shelter in the winter in this climate is a death sentence. On the plus side, shelter is pretty easy to find. Unlike San Diego, there are entire *houses* for rent for less than $500/month, and with any sort of public assistance at all and/or ability to find housemates, it is pretty easy to get under some sort of a roof for less than $100/month. The rents that you quote for San Diego are insane, and I wonder why anyone who has any choice at all would stay there if they didn't have a really good job.tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-36663604669417649302017-12-03T18:55:07.782-08:002017-12-03T18:55:07.782-08:00Despite my buddy's admonitions, I sometimes gi...Despite my buddy's admonitions, I sometimes give money as well.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-44447326572306053902017-12-03T10:44:28.684-08:002017-12-03T10:44:28.684-08:00I give money to them sometimes. Though my life do...I give money to them sometimes. Though my life doesn't take me near the homeless too often. Also here in the Twin Cities, there are a lot of street corner beggars that do it "professionally" and reportedly make a good living. I've watched one show up at the corner in a better car than mine. <br /><br /><br />I also fondly remember seeing one homeless guy, carrying everything he owned, up and down Sunset cliffs when I lived in Ocean Beach. I worried whenever I didn't see him for a day or two. Mostly Nothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511731036581746798noreply@blogger.com