Originally Posted by
tgull
I spent many of years outside of Philadelphia. There are parts of Philadelphia (Chester and across the river in Camden) that would make this Orange County stretch look like a paradise. And instead of being 55 degrees in the morning, its 5 degrees. Give me a break. Walk around the North East in the winter outside of Philadelphia off 1-95, Newark and Elizabeth and the Bronx and let me know what you see. Give me a break.
Problem is different in LA, there are more homeless due to more factors. Nice weather attracts them, there are many working homeless because minimum wage does not put a roof over your head in LA, the drug abuse problem, and lastly cuts in mental health services have poured the mentally ill into the streets and beaches.
I was appaled at the scope of LA homeless when I worked there. Cabbies told me rent is so high that they share apartments with 8 or more others so they wouldnt be homeless. Every block of Beverly Hills had at least one homeless on the street, Santa Monica beach is full of drug addicts and homeless making it unvisitable.
Few have rent controlled apartments like Scalir, and even he was forced to rent out a portion to survive.
I couldn't wait to go back home where there are fewer homeless and more services for the ones who are.