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>That was a bit surprising to me. It looks like there are 5 times more homeless per capita in LA than in The Netherlands...

Why wouldn't there be? US/California is famous for its homeless multitudes. You cannot miss them in downtown SF for example.

The Netherlands (and most of Western Europe) has much better social protection.

Let's face it - the weather in LA is much more hospitable to homeless than that of the Netherlands.

People keep saying that as if it's some kind of excuse, with homeless people taking in the LA sun.

In fact there are as many homeless in LA as they are in NY (around 30.000 - 50.000 in either place according to Wikipedia).

Is the weather in NY "much more hospitable" than that of the Netherlands?