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Spencer Pratt claims L.A.’s homeless will move to Seattle if he’s elected. That city’s mayor responds (www.latimes.com)

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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson pushed back against a claim by Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt that if he’s elected, L.A.’s homeless population would move to Seattle to take advantage of that city’s drug laws.

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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

But the main issue is housing costs, immediately followed by job issues, immediately followed by mental health, immediately followed by societal issues related to race, gender, and creed, immediately followed by the student loan crisis, immediately followed by housing availability in preferred areas, immediately followed by poor financial education, immediately followed by (continue this thread for quite a while and eventually you'll get to drug issues).

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Drug use doesn't even get to be on the list. It's a symptom, not a cause.

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Anything that is addictive, compulsive, and destructive can exacerbate or be a root cause of homelessness.

You can literally smoke cigarettes until you can't afford a house anymore.

But you are right, it's not really a cause, and that is why I put it so far down on the list.