theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL: There are 27.4 Empty Homes for Each Homeless Person in the U.Slockmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square203linkfedilinkarrow-up1763arrow-down119
arrow-up1744arrow-down1external-linkTIL: There are 27.4 Empty Homes for Each Homeless Person in the U.Slockmedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square203linkfedilink
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·11 days agoYou need jobs near those places first. The locations are dying because of lack of industry.
minus-squarezaki_ft@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·11 days agoThe people who move there will create jobs and demand.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 days agoThat’s really not how it works. If you’re homeless you’re not in a position to be a job creator.
minus-squarezaki_ft@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days agoMore people living in a location means there is more work to be done and more people to do it. Each additional person, on average, can contribute more than they take out.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 days ago More people living in a location means there is more work to be done and more people to do it. If that were universally applicable the towns wouldn’t be dying to begin with. The houses are empty because there’s a lack of available work.
minus-squarezaki_ft@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 days agoYou are incorrect.
You need jobs near those places first. The locations are dying because of lack of industry.
The people who move there will create jobs and demand.
That’s really not how it works. If you’re homeless you’re not in a position to be a job creator.
More people living in a location means there is more work to be done and more people to do it.
Each additional person, on average, can contribute more than they take out.
If that were universally applicable the towns wouldn’t be dying to begin with. The houses are empty because there’s a lack of available work.
You are incorrect.