People will take the fact that there are more homes than homeless *within the boundaries of the USA* as evidence that there is no housing crisis *in specific cities of the USA.* Location matters!!
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If there isn't enough housing in, say, Boston, then all the vacant houses in the world won't help unless they are also in Boston. It's not an "allocation problem." Even houses *within the same metro area* can be useless!
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Someone who is priced out of living towards the center of a city might be directed to houses on the outer suburbs--only to find that they can't afford the costs of getting from those houses to their job etc
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Replying to @380kmh
YOUR NEW ENGLAND PERSPECTIVE DISTORTS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE INCREASINGLY FEW JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN URBAN CENTERS - NOT AN EXCUSE TO RELOCATE FOR OPPORTUNITIES BUT ALSO STILL A PROBLEM IN ITSELF
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ALSO NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE WHERE U WILL GET STABBED OR A MOLOTOV THROUGH YOUR FRONT WINDOW, I WILL RESIST POSTING ONE OF THE MANY THOUSANDS OF URBAN BLIGHT PICS IN THE USA THAT I COULD
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no shit, again, location matters
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