San Fran: Tourists Shocked By What They See, 'Am I In The Bad Part Of Town?'

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11. Reagan started it, now an enormous problem & homeless from the 2008

sub prime mortgage housing crisis added thousands more who lost their jobs and homes and became homeless.

Home & rental costs rising since c. 2000; housing costs are prohibitive in upscale gentrified, metro areas anymore.

*'Top three homeless cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle.

Bloomberg 2018: "Regionally, homelessness appears to be moving out West, to states like California, Washington and Colorado. Western cities, in particular, have experienced an epidemic — in Los Angeles, for example, homelessness is at an all-time high. San Francisco has the second-highest rate of homelessness in the nation, while Seattle ranks third. Since 2015, 10 or more cities on the West Coast have declared states of emergency with regard to homelessness.

Homelessness has two main sources. First, housing in big cities is expensive, and getting more so. By one count, 71 percent of homeless San Franciscans lost their homes while living in the city. Second, homeless people move to other locations — perhaps to take advantage of local services like shelters and addiction clinics, in the hope of getting a job or to be close to family."

More, https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-21/ending-homelessness-is-a-job-for-the-federal-government