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Most of the current problems in W8 stem from the systemic challenges w/unemployment and poverty.

One could argue that the current problems in W8 *are* unemployment and poverty. They're not symptoms of a greater problem, but the problem itself.

No, my point was what I said it was.

You said, "WRT the issue itself, isn't most homelessness concentrated w/in major cities and not the suburbs? Although I agree that we can and should do much more, DC isn't alone in trying to deal w/this issue."

Ok, so your point is that "most homelessness is concentrated in cities and not the suburbs", but I'm not sure that's news to anyone. The question is, "Why? And how to we prevent a 'race to the bottom' in addressing the issue?" There are plenty of things that cities can do to address the problem of the homeless by making themselves less attractive to homeless people. A better course would be to put in place policies at the regional (or *gasp* national) level to mitigate homelessness and poverty in general.

There seems to be an unexamined consensus that "that's the cities' job, because cities are where homeless people end up". I'm just pointing out that such an arrangement isn't inevitable.

by oboe on May 2, 2012 12:40 pm • link • report

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