10 Cities With The MOST Homeless. Painful Reality

[@rollwithit5150]

Unfortunately the worst is yet to come. People are being wiped out, mental health, drugs, bad financial decisions, or unfortunate circumstances.

[@bkm2797]

@pepperonipete7566 No need to exaggerate,it's tough enough when you have only one side who is sincerely trying to make changes in the law, and finance for better border security and procedure, while the other side (starts with an R), only wants to use it as a tool for running, but has no intention of fixing it.

[@bIgMiKeObAmNa]

​@bkm2797 the only changes in the law that we would talk about is ending sanctuary cities. Other than that you can cry me a river when Joe gets evicted from the white house next January

[@northernbohemianrealist]

Ain't capitalism wonderful!

[@TheCharleseye]

@@bkm2797 Wait, which side is trying to stop the flow of illegal crossings and which is trying to take out the blockades to let them keep coming?

[@DJDonkeytron]

@@northernbohemianrealist You mean *BIDENOMICS* 🤣

[@kevdiggidydowg]

Literally blown away that Portland, OR was not on this list. When I lived there felt like a homeless city.

[@dsuttajit]

I went to Portland in 2020 and there were homeless everywhere in downtown and Chinatown

[@TheValkryie]

I was surprised too, because much footage he used in the start in the video WAS PORTLAND. I know those shots like the back of my hand - lived there from 1992 - 2023.

[@debigates3033]

I am from Oregon and a year ago I moved because I couldn’t afford to live there. I lived in Portland for 21 years. I was extremely surprised that Portland Oregon didn’t make the list, you can’t drive anywhere in Portland without seeing homeless.

[@jsteezy80]

I think that puts it in a larger perspective that is not a single city issue. It's not like he doesn't know. He lives in a suburb of Portland as do I, so it just shows how big of an issue it has become nationwide

[@yaxleader]

This is total homeless count, of course bigger cities will win out. If he did homeless rate, Portland would probably be up there. Fact is, Portland is not a very big city, so it doesn't draw the massive numbers like LA, San Fran, NY, or Seattle

[@bjs301]

Speaking of the old guys. As a young man I worked for a state Board, one of the members of which was a WW2 and Korea vet who'd gone on to become a millionaire. He was a fervent Catholic. I was privileged to work with this man doing Board business, and walking by our office building he'd always toss a few dollars to the "bums" sitting out front. It really ticked me off. Being the smartest guy alive, I decided one day to explain to him why he was just throwing his money away and doing no good. He turned to me and said, "(my first name), I can afford to be wrong. Can you?" One of the best lessons I ever got.

[@unfazedreview3000]

Great comment. Love that

[@The2ndFirst]

Too bad he was encouraging being a bum/drug addict and the rest of us have to deal with it.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

​@@The2ndFirstBut that was his Catholic upbringing it's the guilt of making money ever notice how there's no homeless in the abrahamic people background area because they won't even give them a penny.

[@bjs301]

@@The2ndFirst I used to think that, but he was part of what wised me up. Those guys weren't going to get jobs, pay taxes and become good members of the community, regardless. Most belonged in the institutions we had closed. And I used to lecture folks that most gifts to the homeless will be used to buy dope or booze. That's true, but it doesn't make things measurably worse, and it may occasionally help. My friend also had this bad habit of hiring ex-convicts. Maybe he was just a good judge of people, but those ex-cons would work for him for years without ever causing trouble.

[@The2ndFirst]

@@bjs301 Hiring an ex con to work for you isn't a bad idea per sey. That's giving them a chance to get a fresh start. Giving money to bums just enables further drug addiction and blight upon society. It literally never helps.

[@19irving]

NYC also has lots of people living in abandoned subway tunnels and such. They're very hidden and hard to count.

[@asullivan4047]

Even they need to have some place of abode. Perhaps a tunnel is safer than a side walk-???🤔.

[@Entername-md1ev]

California cities are right up there with São Paulo, Brazil and Cape Town, South Africa in terms of regions I’ve been to where the disparity between have and have nots is truly immense. In LA and SF, you’ll see entertainment celebrities and tech executives living in luxurious homes along the Pacific which is only located a few blocks away from homeless tent cities…wild stuff

[@davidgalvez5341]

Seattle too.

[@Entername-md1ev]

@@davidgalvez5341 oh yeah. Seattle is a great place for people who earn since there’s a strong economy and no state income taxes, but if you’re not part of that group, things can be ROUGH

[@SA-hz1rs]

palm beach florida is 1 mile from dangerous neighborhoods. so is downtown miami

[@llc1976]

I wish we could solve it! Couldn’t the wealthy companies chip in and help?

[@Entername-md1ev]

@@llc1976many big companies have left San Francisco due to issues like crime, theft, and drop in sales due to lowered foot traffic since the pandemic. The blight of SF has basically affected everyone at this point

[@Funinthesun4ever]

Rents are ridiculous even in the Midwest. It is difficult to find rent under $1000 in ‘safer’ areas.

[@frankjoseph4273]

We have 20M parasites that must live somewhere

[@That1_89]

In the PNW its hard to find anything safe under $2000+. Even ghetto areas want more than 2 grand. A studio apartment is $1,000+.

[@mE-zx7pt]

​@frankjoseph4273 Who are the parasites?

[@alwaysadawg6488]

Your compassion is heartwarming. ​@@frankjoseph4273

[@stephenLarson-vs7fu]

Yes, around me here in Northern Arizona, rents have climbed from $200 a month to $250! And land prices have almost doubled from $500 an acre to about $900 an acre! How can people afford such high prices?

[@GeeEm1313]

I may have been homeless for only three weeks, but it really puts things in perspective. I've also worked with a lot of homeless in Portland. I'm a security officer at a recuperative care program that has mostly homeless residents.

[@donm5717]

Why don't homeless people get welfare then they won't be homeless

[@SoberOKMoments]

Welfare doesn't pay for rent, it barely covers the cost of food. Plus every state has its own system for payout. And applications, well most states (all?) require an address. Nice thought, but welfare doesn't work that way. @@donm5717

[@rivertonhigh-v4t]

@@donm5717 Many of them actually do prefer (permanent) outdoor life.

[@newpilgrim]

Thank you, as always, I appreciate your frank compassion. LA makes my heart hurt.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thanks for listening

[@dcfunhouse]

Gavin newsome should make your brain hurt.

[@TracyMarie71]

I think it’s disgusting that LA has made prostitution legal. I don’t have an issue with what someone want to do with their body as long as they’re not hurting anyone else. But I don’t see how the law helps the individuals who are prostituting themselves. Charges have never been held against pimps and it hides human trafficking now. The city and state government isn’t looking out for some of its most vulnerable residents.

[@ameliadiaz8040]

Worse than that, MAKES YOUR HEART KILL!

[@ew374]

@@TracyMarie71that’s what they want - they are all unruly.

[@terrirood8407]

If you ever listen to California Insider, one of the primary reasons nothing ever seems to get done to truly help the homeless is that monies go to specific organizations which are supposed to help these people. However, much of that money ends up paying for extremely high administrative salaries/benefits. As with our federal government, there is absolutely no accountability from so many of these organizations.

[@James-kv6kb]

In Australia we have 40 billion dollars going missing every year on bureaucrats that do absolutely nothing ,and the people that are looking after are living under bits of corrugated iron

[@rivertonhigh-v4t]

The government and everyone knows that if they build massive cheap, affordable apartments and public housing for the homeless, guess what? Word will quickly get out, they'll be filled and run down, even more people will migrate to Cal, and camp outside. It's a vicious cycle.

[@tlspud]

There is a massive affordable housing shortage on the West Coast in general. That really can't be overstated. Drugs, mental illness, yeah... but a lot of people just can't get a first/last/security deposit together even if they could pass a credit check.

[@OffensiveAtheist]

Blackrock Corporation buying up all the housing and lobbying (bribing) the politicians

[@TheTimeForChange44]

Thank you, Briggs for the info. Painfully sad, as you noted, people have no empathy, until it happens to them. Then, sadly, they learn that people will look down on them too.

[@asullivan4047]

Unfortunately there are far too many people whom have mental health issues. & can't receive medical help-!!!😳. Too bad about the car death-!!.😭.

[@Numismaniac_Canada]

It’s gotten totally out of hand here in Canada as well! It’s deplorable, and it seems to be compounding exponentially!

[@bIgMiKeObAmNa]

The way things are going in Canada your PM will probably end up trying to euthanize them

[@gittes98]

Yes, come to Vancouver and see it for yourself

[@robmartin9069]

Thank you Justin Castro

[@amg9163]

@gittes98I had a job for nearly a year that brought me to Vancouver from NYC, in 2011. I remember from then noticing the drug problem on the streets and some homeless people. I was somewhat astounded by that which is saying a lot having lived in NYC for 30+ years after college. I can imagine that it has gotten quite a bit worse.

[@James-kv6kb]

The corporations have taken over the world and this is what we can expect more of

[@juliatarrel1674]

In Australia, we have an affordable housing problem. Even if you have a decent job, there are towns where in the whole town - not just the city centre - there are no houses with affordable rent.

[@asullivan4047]

Unfortunately that un affordable housing is spreading like a California " Wild Fire "🔥. All over this " God Forsaken "planet-!!!😳.

[@suzanmiller558]

I’ll never forget driving into work one morning and sitting in traffic there was a homeless person asking for money from each awaiting car and when he got to my car I recognized him as my boyfriend from high school. Very sad. We are just one paycheck away from being homeless.

[@youdagoob]

Or one fentynol or meth or heroin hit. It’s a drug addiction problem. Not a paycheck problem. I worked minimum wage jobs for years and never had a problem finding a room to rent within my budget. It’s not hard if you’re not effed up on drugs.

[@waterislife5109]

Drugs

[@thullraven1]

The truly scary thing is that a lot of Americans are only a few missed paychecks away from being homeless.

[@donm5717]

They can go on welfare then nobody will be homeless simple

[@noelliastarr5853]

Most Americans are one paycheck away

[@Charles-bz8px]

Move to California you need not to worry about homeless because in the winter sleep outside is still more warmer than sleep inside without heat in other states.

[@thullraven1]

@@Charles-bz8px Probably why so many are there.

[@Charles-bz8px]

@@thullraven1 Plus they get some benefits and fun to hang around tourists too, I live in San Diego California, I go to the beach I see a lot of them playing guitar at day, cooking at the back of their trucks,at night they build campfire at the fire pits and sleep around them.

[@hollyinhell]

When I was 5 years old, I dressed up as a "hobo" for Halloween. I had a big stick with a red handkerchief tied at the end, filled with my worldly goods. Couldn't imagine a kid grabbing a shopping cart and doing that costume these days.

[@GeeEm1313]

My mom did that one year too!

[@sitdowndogbreath]

And I bet you she got tax-free money for that

[@diane1390]

We dressed in rags and went out as hobos, or in old sheets and called ourselves ghosts. It was a cheap way to have a Halloween costume. We didn't have a lot of money, but we were better off than most working class are now. I'm 70, and it's been a long time since we did that.

[@mamawren2795]

Me too!!!

[@MikeOlin-f3u]

I dressed up as a hobo too! Hobos were homeless, but workers, traveling the rails for jobs. If you move around and work just enough to eat (and drink) you are a tramp, if you refuse to work and stay in one area you are a bum. At least that was the terminology 80 or so years ago.

[@aardvaarkmaark]

I'm surprised Portland didn't make your list. I do have an interesting stat and semi success story. Here in Medford the homeless rate has actually declined. A lot of the local charities have bought old motels and turned them into small, but liveable units. Plus, the city did enact some strict laws.

[@danatate8803]

I'm amazed too and pleasantly surprised 😊

[@kburnette7524]

I’m happy to hear this.

[@Roguesta54]

I go to downtown Portland every weekend. I do see some tents, but not too many.

[@aardvaarkmaark]

@@Roguesta54 That is good news. Hopefully, Portland is starting to turn things around and return to being the amazing city it was when I lived there in the 80s.

[@rickchandler2570]

Didn’t they just declare an fentanyl crisis? I think he didn’t add them to the list because he always has them on the list so why keep them on a list like this? I moved from there in October and it did’t look like it was improving to me as their only policy it seems is to move them from place to place.

[@mamawren2795]

We had a family member with schizophrenia. He lived in LAs Skid Row, he wouldn’t accept help. He was crossing the street and killed by a car. Very, very sad place.

[@ConorQuiring]

I live downtown Kansas City for 4 years now. Man is it an issue...

[@228pf]

That can be said for any medium-large sized city in the US sadly.

[@MbisonBalrog]

I been downtown KC during Covid. It not seem so bad.

[@bradleypollack5658]

It’s nothing compared to the west. Trust me on that one I’ve been to downtown Kansas City. And I’ve been to all those cities on the list except for Seattle. Kansas City looks like it has none at all compared to those cities.

[@ShenmueAtheist]

Seeing what happened to Denver saddens me greatly. I used to love going to Rockies games, to Elitches, the 16th Street Mall and dozens of other places back in the 90s and 2000s. Marijuana legalization was the beginning of the end for Denver. Not only did it attract a ton of people who couldn't afford to live in the Denver Metro area, but it attracted a ton that could, driving the cost of living up through the roof, which in turn made the homeless situation even worse. Now the city is up there for theft, violent crime, drug use, and countless other social ills that were only moderate issues as recently as the mid 2010s. I refuse to go to Denver (and Aurora) anymore given how terrible they've become. It's truly very sad.

[@fredholley6248]

Y E P. Even the change from 2014 to 2019/20 was EMOURMOUS.

[@stardust949]

yep. idiots getting high all the time is NOT the answer.

[@correybailey7138]

And Denver would send those in the bus and send them to Colorado Springs and Pueblo

[@heatherwhittaker6169]

Oh my,it just keeps getting worse....You are the best Briggs at reporting what is really happening..Thank you❤

[@KristNi]

The economy is going there. That's why

[@alonsolaw8380]

It keeps getting worse

[@birdnird]

Back in the 1990s there was a significant population of drifters that would go from city to city with the seasons. They would arrive in Austin like migrant birds in October, when the summer heat had faded, and then they would leave for cooler northern climes in May

[@TheCharleseye]

It's fun to go by the shelter numbers, because it makes the situation seem less bleak. About 70% of California's homeless don't have access to, and/or space in, available shelters. So, take those numbers and triple them, then we'll be in the ballpark of reality.

[@Ddrhl]

Could you cite your data source?

[@rivertonhigh-v4t]

@@Ddrhl An anecdotal sense of bleakness.

[@MikeOlin-f3u]

Thank you for this Briggs. I too grew up in a SoCal beach community so I always was aware of homelessness, which in a way prepared me for moving to NYC. I just wanted to point out that the homeless in NYC are not "invisible" as you say. NYC is a very public place, a mixing of all social levels on the sidewalk and subway. Its a lot different than seeing a tent as you drive by in your car. These people are seen, and there are TONS of incredibly caring people living here to help them, but at a certain point that doesn't even seem to matter, a lot of the homeless just feel stubbornly hopeless. I don't know of any practical solutions.

[@lopresti4559]

Rents and mortgages keep rising...... what are ppl to do.? Sumtimes u have family or friends u can live with, but what if u don't have someone u can live with? 😮

[@jonsmith7659]

Then you’re fucked. Nobody cares and nobody really helps much. Nobody wants to invest in humans. That’s where we’re at.

[@lopresti4559]

@@jonsmith7659 oh, i know. We live in a heartless society. Cold. I know. Capitalism is america, and its always profit ($$) before people and their welfare/well being. I know. It totally- sucks tho. ! 🤮

[@damienjackson7534]

I was at the point! I was homeless in California for a couple of months!! I had to work hard and I later got married and got a better job and know I’m living in a house in Indiana.

[@lesliehardy1843]

I don't believe capitalism is to blame, you wouldn't be wearing clothes without someone starting a business to make them. Greed is the problem. And it seems the more you have, the more you want. Just plain greed. It's ugly. @@lopresti4559

[@Weather_Nerd]

@@lopresti4559Corporatism.

[@Milestonemonger]

We're in beautiful Honolulu Hawaii. Homelessness here is a problem impossible to ignore. The beautiful parks and beaches are peppered with homeless tents. Some sidewalks have rows and rows of tents reeking of Marijuana. The streets have mentally ill people walking and shouting to themselves walking among the tourists. Not a good image for them to take home. What's the solution? I have no idea.

[@James-kv6kb]

Yes well I'm sure if you were in that state you would want a bit of marijuana as well to get through the day

[@taylorpresley4604]

I live on Maui and since the Lahaina fires and FEMA paying $5k a month for a 2 bedroom has made it impossible for most of us to find a place. My landlord took me to court 3x for bs issues, she lost all 3x but the stress while dealing with Ovarian cancer was too much 4 me. Thanks FEMA, smh

[@foxywhitetip7387]

Some of the e most corrupt politicians around are in Hawaii can’t wait to leave you can have it

[@lindaschipansky4429]

goodness? If people are homeless how can they afford drugs? Eating would come first to me

[@edwardlagrossa1246]

@@lindaschipansky4429 When your on drugs, you don't eat!

[@namijnebruhtra7683]

I've been back in Portland for a few months now and the homeless issues have sky rocketed as well as drug use and mental health issues

[@evadoubleu]

One of the fastest growing homeless are the senior citizens who can't afford rising rents. Most are living out of their vehicles. I know from whence I speak as I am living out of my van. (I saw what was going to happen and purchased a van. I meet many other seniors in the same situation.

[@preshisify1]

💯

[@WubiWatkins]

Right there with you and some of it was done hospice in this van so but I'm not terminal anymore yay

[@evadoubleu]

@@WubiWatkins so glad to hear that!

[@terrancewilhite9260]

I had no idea I was about to become homeless, until a social worker served me with eviction papers. It was on my 72nd birthday that i became officially homeless, and a worthless bum, according to most here. Due to my COPD taking a dive off the chart I will be traveling to North Platt Nebraska to a VA operated nursing home.Very soon I will be 75 so will have just over 3 years on the street. It is not a bad life if the do gooders and haters would just take a hike.

[@kotysuefawcett6538]

You deserve better. 👍🤗✌️

[@kenziedayne4234]

You're not worthless. Society is broken.

[@Milestonemonger]

Homeless at 75. 😢 I'm so sorry, I can't imagine.

[@jsteezy80]

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸 I hope our elected officials take this seriously, both Republican and Democrat. It feels like the country you served unfortunately doesn't seem to serve you

[@jennifers6435]

My friend who has COPD among many health problems just “graduated” from alcohol treatment….they are trying to press him in a nursing home…he lived in my house for almost 5 years…..all he really needed was a stable place to live without fear of eviction…..treatment, incarceration, nursing homes, mental hospitals are all part of the corporate profit capitalist system….buy yourself a boat or trailer to live independently

[@ilovetotri23]

After just watching your "Deep Dive" about Grand Central station this was tough. Plus it gets deathly cold in NYC.

[@topplacetoLive]

Your video sheds light on the struggles faced by the homeless in these cities. Awareness is crucial for change. Let's work together for solutions.

[@tequilamonster3940]

Thank you so much for bringing light to this issue (those in the biz would say the light has already been there). Anything we can do to highlight the plight of these people is important. The amount of people with mental and developmental needs is horrific in this country. Thank you again for this video!

[@solarguy1702]

In 1985 I was was a guide for a Japanese man who wanted to see America. We saw Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York. The amount of homeless people in San Francisco was shocking to him. In Los Angeles in Little Tokyo around 5pm, an appliance store truck came by and gave away their boxes that held refrigerators and freezers to the homeless. I was a mailman downtown Portland until around 2000. Homeless were there but nowhere like it is today.

[@stanprunty4141]

Sounds like u took him on a really fucked up tour

[@solarguy1702]

@@stanprunty4141 he chose the cities. United airlines had a promo going at the time. Only thing he liked in LA was a Korean massage parlor in Hollywood

[@stanprunty4141]

I understand 🤠fully he was a mad genius

[@solarguy1702]

@@stanprunty4141 NYC was fun. I wasn't expecting that

[@djack915]

I was wondering about NYC - no homles " camps " here !

[@1999fxdx]

We had 1 in Guam in the 70s - Jack. He slept on the bleacher at the Paseo. He was ok.

[@beard_belichick4216]

I’m in San Diego and they’re doing absolutely nothing to help the homeless issue except pushing them away from downtown and beaches. The way they deciding to help the homeless is by raising the cost of living and giving out tents.

[@Explorecountries-fx4bz]

Thank you for sharing things that no one else dares to share out there.

[@stuartnewman7068]

Thank you. I'm homeless in NYC. It's difficult to find work nowadays, especially lacking ID, good clothes, cell phone... whatever happened to just showing up & getting hired on low-level jobs? Anyway in NYC need to get in programs to afford housing in NYC if earning under $100k.

[@Merzui-kg8ds]

We are dealing with the homeless problem like we deal with many other social issues. We pretend there's one cause and one answer. Then, we forcefully apply that answer and wonder why it's not solving the problem. Addiction is one cause. Mental Illness is another (remember the GOP dismantled most of the mental health infrastructure back in the Reagan era). And, we have a profound lack of affordable housing. We can hand out tents and blankets forever, and it will fail to solve homelessness. It would be cheaper to offer free addiction treatment and free mental health care. As for affordable housing, that is both a supply issue and a living wage issue. We continue to pay CEOs ridiculous sums, while failing to pay those down the chain enough money to pay for food and rent. Pay full time working people enough money to afford housing.

[@magdastar2249]

Corporate communism is what we live under.

[@tedzehnder961]

The ACLU made it illegal to keep people against their will. Had nothing to do with Reagan.The American Civil Liberties Union is a left wing outfit who said people have the right to be crazy if they want.The only way they can be institutionalized if they a direct threat to themselves or others.

[@bkm2797]

That was an amazing turnaround on the counts, I swear it was just last week they were out here in San Francisco in teams trying not to miss anyone. Thanks Briggs, for the update.👍

[@toyvillageandtrains.2420]

Homelessness is a First World social ills. In poor countries, everybody is fighting for survival. No charities, no pity, no drama, It's sink or swim, children and adults alike. This c8rcumstances builds character, determination and community spirit. First World homeless people is nothing compared to what we and and others still enduring.

[@billdent7449]

It is pretty sad that we provide housing and shelter for immigrants, yet we can not solve the homeless problems among US citizens. Thanks for the enlightening video. I love all of your work.

[@boblangill6209]

In the early 70's my economics professor stated, with all sincerity, that the United States had eliminated poverty at its most basic level. Back then, you didn't see or hear of homeless people. In comparison to other parts of the world, the US is not currently experiencing the most dire form of poverty where starvation and disease are a daily deadly threat. Which direction are we going to go? History has not been all that encouraging.

[@kotysuefawcett6538]

Terrific video, as always. Thank You. You Rock!👍💓🤗✌️

[@RuthSmith1]

A Good Topic!!! Thank you!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

You are so welcome!

[@preshisify1]

💯

[@nick7509]

How did Denver go up by 65% in three years?!?! That's insane!

[@magmomwise]

I see 2 main events that caused the homelessness we are experiencing today. 1. The burst of the housing market and banking disaster around 2008, this resulted in over 3.5 million home foreclosures. 2. The rapid off shoring of U.S. manufacturing resulting loss of good paying jobs causing people to have to take lower paying work and loss of health and retirement benefits. Our government never succeeded in helping people keep their homes nor created paths for good paying jobs to return to the U.S. Lord knows they spent tens of billions of dollars on failed programs.

[@justinlu251]

Surprised Portland isn't on this list

[@williamwells6468]

Hey Jimmy great video! I went to phoenix 2x this last year and was shocked by two things, how massive and spread out the city really is and unfortunately it’s homeless. It was aweful. I loved the city and people but was disappointed.

[@jsteezy80]

I was just down there myself to see my Dad and I agree. After I got my rental car I stopped by a convenience store near Sky Harbor airport and they were just wandering around like zombies. The crazy thing with Phoenix is I wonder if Jimmy just took the statistics of Phoenix itself (which isn't that big) or the suburbs that are considered to be Phoenix like Glendale, Scottsdale, Mesa, Peoria and such

[@TheRealUncensoredTravelGuide]

Cost of apartments and living on the West Coast is insanely high. The most beautiful places and wealthiest have the most homeless people.

[@simeonapajarillo6499]

Homeless people like good weather

[@bwildest]

The west coast really is home to the homeless wow

[@asullivan4047]

Wait until there are 20-million border crosers (illegals) whom will be joining the ranks of the west coast homeless-!!!😳

[@margaretames6522]

I left Denver. Los Angeles and New York City because I was able to. The cost of living, especially housing, has increased exponentially. The pay has not kept up with it. Are people homeless because they’re drug addicted and suffering from mental health or are they suffering from those problems because they’re homeless?

[@damienjackson7534]

I already knew New York City, NY was going to be number One!!💯

[@subwaymanYT]

Who would be surprised that NYC is #1?

[@dsuttajit]

It’s the biggest city in America so it has the most homeless proportionately

[@jjorjojo]

number 1 yet not the worst when it comes to homelessness

[@damienjackson7534]

@@jjorjojo what is it then? LA?

[@jjorjojo]

@@damienjackson7534 probably. maybe even San Fran or Portland. New York's homeless isn't nearly as prevalent as these other cities.

[@tudorjason]

Babe Ruth candy bars Ty for phrasing it like that! We know what that really is, but we don't need to hear the real words.

[@markbajek2541]

Doodie!!!!

[@asullivan4047]

Why not-???🤔 . diabolical democrat censorship is morally wrong-!!!

[@markscott4159]

Surprised Portland Oregon didn't make this list

[@vextract4662]

Mother Teresa's best advice was to start with one person and make them part of something daily. The bay area rescue mission in Hayward CA does a great job of this, right next to Oaktown in Alameda county. Donate to them please, they take people off the street and train them to take people off the streets. It is a faith based"Fishers of men" type of organization with low operating costs, right in the thick of things. Since no govt is involved they get results I've seen amazing turn arounds that would make you cry a tear of joy. Thanks Mr. BRIGGS

[@elainegoad9777]

Mother Teresa withheld pain meds from dying people believing they should suffer for their sins before they died. there are many reprehensible stories about abusive "Mother Teresa". No real angel.

[@Homelessinamericainc]

Totally agree with this video, something drastic needs to change or the situation will get worse!! The homeless situation can by solved, but society needs to want the change bad enough. There are solutions!

[@donaldwert7137]

As the old saying reads: "There, but for the grace of God, go I."

[@mham1330]

Portland, and Eugene, Oregon have way to many homeless people. What is sad.... Is people that have served in the Military and do become or have become 'homeless'. My son has served 12 years in the Army and still lives with his children in his Inlaws's house.🤨😔

[@taylorapolonio]

I think it’s quite sad to see so many cities on this list are also the most wealthy. It feels like there’s such an opportunity that isn’t being addressed

[@booker9879]

I got out of the army back in 09, and wished I invested more in RVs ... I'm in a camper van now and I'm not interested in dealing with all this. I got out during the housing market crash and it's been downhill ever since

[@debbiekerr3989]

We have a tent area here in Norristown and that's a huge change in just 5 years. 😢😢

[@KristNi]

There are so many homeless people in the United States and many lying saying there are jobs. There aren't enough jobs. There's jobs but not enough for everyone. Many homeless people are employed but they aren't earning enough money to support a lifestyle outside of being homeless. Many are sick or on drugs or homeless with children. Its really a sad situation and I somehow think this going to get much worse before it gets better. Much worse

[@bartlevenson7851]

I live in Long Beach, California and it is rife with homelessness here. Also, great numbers of people are sleeping in their cars and vans. I bet metrpolitan LA (18.8 million) has an area wide unhoused population of nearly half a million, an it gets worse here every month. I am lucky, I bought a tiny apartment in the 90s', and do not have the vicissitudes of $300/mo. rent increases to drive me out like the poor renters do.

[@marymacdonald2379]

Price fixing of residential rentals is the problem. A national morarorium on rent increases for all investor group - owned rentals is needed at this time to curb the increase in homelessness.

[@jimbobjones5972]

Thank you for making videos such as this.

[@georgemalone3318]

I can’t help but wonder how many of these desperate people will have to be outside our doors before we make a concerted effort to help them. I’m guessing it’ll get really really bad before we get off our asses and have our politicians do what they should’ve done along time ago and cut some of that disgusting military budget to save our country from this situation 7:40 😢

[@rhobot75]

In my neighborhood in Shoreview, San Mateo, CA, we had Buckethead, and Mae West. He wore an actual bucket on his head and we weren't sure where he slept and he kind of scared us. Mae slept in her Cadillac, and seemed to always be at the ARCO gas station. She had long blonde hair, course, styled just like Ms West's, and her slip on elastic waist white polyester pants were always inside out.Oh and she wore Candie's. This was 70s. So yah, same, the neighborhood fixtures. Gone are those days.

[@jennifers6435]

We had Harriet and Harold in the pike place market where I worked i the 70’s….in the 90’s we had a guy dragging a huge wooden cross down university way…Symptomatic Nerve Gas and Body Bag Man, a Vietnam vet.

[@francesbernard2445]

I can remember my mother way back in the late 1960's warning me that some day here in North America it is going to take more than one generation to pay off the mortgage for any house. Looks like her prediction is turning out right. Couldn't there have been some things done to avoid that sort of thing starting to happen here? While at first most people in the older generation are in denial about it enabling a homeless crisis?

[@88detour]

The Phoenix area does seem to be overrun with homeless. This isn't just the downtown area it's spread out all over central and South Phoenix. Even the suburbs Mesa and Tempe have a noticeable homeless population.

[@kravgirl7]

Yes CA, NY, NJ, OR, WA, DC, IL, OH, even TX ( been californicated😢😢).

[@user-KrackerJack]

I'm going to be homeless soon and I'm scared to death I'm over 60 and am struggling with the after effects of COVID that I got in the very beginning while in a hospital for something unrelated

[@nitedreamer23]

Hang in there, man. You’ll get out of this.

[@b.cdrisk2035]

Don't you have some younger relatives?

[@suzanmiller558]

I was in your shoes six months ago; scared about living on the streets with zero experience and I prayed like I’ve never prayed before. A friend of a friend said I could stay in his spare room and did and applied for my social security. I now receive ssn and it’s a good amount but not enough to pay rent anywhere these days. I am praying my friend doesn’t kick me out and that I will be provided another way out of this mess. I’ll pray for you too.

[@electriclioness4607naga-d4j]

​@@shawnkelly695How do you know who he voted for? No empathy whatsoever smh

[@poopsock7493]

The government hates you just so you know. They don't care about me or you.

[@Ricaninthephilippines]

As someone that grew up in NYC during the 80s and 90s like me, I’m not surprised at all, which is why I moved out of there in 2006 and never went back.

[@kg4tri]

A little over a year ago My son moved with his husband from Boston the LA area. He works as a paralegal at a Bank and is trying to pass the Bar. a few months ago he hooked up with this Lawyer to do Pro Bono work for people on skid row.

[@yourbeautybff]

I was born and raised in San Diego, CA. I have a college degree with over a six figure salary. I had to move an hour outside San Diego to Murrieta, CA and commute in order to afford the high cost of living. The house I grew up in just sold for over 2 million dollars. Something has to change. The cost of living is now ridiculous imo.

[@loditx7706]

Are there any stats on people dying because of heat in Phoenix? Same question for Denver in the winter from cold.

[@davidnewhouse9403]

President Briggs has a solution to homelessness!

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Well Bidey The Pooper just keeps pooping

[@davidnewhouse9403]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN He has dementia but I’m just trying to have fun my guy. Let’s chill out.

[@CapoPhil1914]

Oh my God, Briggs! That was so funny, the Flipjack story. Someone got him wet, fed him after midnight! They multiplied and got angry! Too funny. Then the Baby Ruth candy bar reference. My family worked there in Chicago and then Franklin Park IL since WW2. I worked there from 1993 to 2023 myself. Wow. Love your channel.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thank you

[@wturner777]

Greetings from Pensacola, Florida! Homelessness is a serious issue in our area as well as the Florida Panhandle. It’s worse in Central and South Florida.

[@MemoGrafix]

Wow. I am planning to move to the Panhandle area. Is it like that in the Rural areas?

[@Elmagnifico507]

Counting homeless living in shelters is a fraction of the homeless population. In my estimation it's at least 4 to 5 times higher than these estimates. How would I know ? I was out there.

[@bIgMiKeObAmNa]

I was gonna say the same thing you can at least triple it. No way these cities are accurately reporting their homelessness stats

[@alonsolaw8380]

It's obviously higher

[@cooper7031]

NYC needs to work on its homelessness too!

[@RickyBrough-el3ep]

Thank you for this video. I've been homeless since May 2023. Not really fun 😅

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

I imagine it isn't a goodtime. Goodluck to you.

[@b.cdrisk2035]

I'm sorry. Life is cruel but good luck getting out of poverty

[@diane1390]

We've got so many homeless people in Fresno California, I find it heartbreaking. It's a lot of different reasons behind that.

[@IntoTheTrees_13]

Unfortunately all over California is like that.

[@diane1390]

@@IntoTheTrees_13 it doesn't help to have private equity firms buy up these apartment complexes around here, and kick people out, because they're greedy and want to raise the rent on people. They claimed they were remodeling, was the reason. I guess painting bathtubs and putting cheap laminate is remodeling?

[@diane1390]

@@IntoTheTrees_13 I hear that Florida is just as bad 😞!!!

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Some of tech companies there are moving to Texas

[@GAURAV25855ify]

California and New.York have alot of homeless oeoplebsane in Nevada around Reno and las Vegas Arizona even Philadelphia and Boston and Detriot

[@johnguzzi8905]

Anyone watching this check out "on this day". Great channel. Keep up the good work Briggs.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thank you.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope

[@lilycat1694]

Just working full time and make ok money, and barely making it, especially as an older single person. Everything is so damn expensive.

[@psfca]

I wonder if this includes all those homeless migrants that have been bussed to NYC Chicago and Denver

[@jsteezy80]

Great vid Briggs! What does Portland's homeless statistics look like? When you and I worked together at Comcast in 2017 or so I used to commute from downtown and it's nothing like it is today. Being born and raised here it sucks that the city has become a punchline of sorts but seemingly it's an entire West Coast issue. Your Amtrak video shows that in a stark fashion. At any rate keep up the good work brother. Going to head over and sub to your second channel right now

[@crazyelf1]

I think that the homeless per capita would be the most reliable way to determine the homelessness and perhaps the poverty rate per capita.

[@nwsvndr]

He gave us that number, didn't he? (Most in this list were about 1%. HUD estimates nationwide it's 0.18%; the homeless form communities in the big cities.)

[@BenBuda-z2t]

Lowering home prices while raising the minimum wage will do wonders!

[@danieleber-xn3pr]

since when did minimum wage become a livable wage

[@BenBuda-z2t]

@@danieleber-xn3pr never that's why it needs to be higher

[@scvcebc]

In the U.S., most housing is private and built for profit, so there is no way to dictate lower prices. Supply and demand set the price in a capitalistic society. If wages are forced higher, that will just give people more money to bid up the housing prices even higher. Many of the cities on the list are hemmed in by geography and cannot easily expand. Even in areas with room like Sacramento, building costs are high, so private developers are not going to build houses and then sell them for less than it costs to construct them. Building more housing where land and labor is cheap will only attract the retired and the telecommuters, but even they won't want to move to a place where they don't have nearby family or familiar activities. Briggs has other videos on where cheap housing is available, but most of the towns have little to offer and most people don't want to live in them, which is why they are shrinking in population and old houses are available for very little money, there just aren't any jobs.

[@joywebster2678]

But if they aren't working, and are on welfare, why not start them put filling up empty houses in towns like Cairo at the Illinois border. The as they become more skilled through GED programs, language skills, other job training they can move to job locations. It's going to take many of these people a long time to become accustomed to life under a roof, cooking for themselves etc. And there are so many vacant towns. Perhaps jobs like gas stations, lawn care, eldersupport are available, or maybe then they get moved for a job. Every illegal piled into NYC won't find a job there. So spread them out to where there is work in agriculture etc.

[@pinetree5489]

No clue about economics.

[@lindawilson4625]

...and no solutions in sight.

[@robmartin9069]

Quit electing Demo-Rats

[@debuthunter5389]

I don't know why they don't build massive rehab centres. Like prison, but for rehabilitation from drugs, and re-establishment into society.

[@tonyarmbrust]

I know people are going to commenting about politics being the cause, but I live in Bakersfield, which is far from being a liberal city, and we have a serious homeless problem. Fresno is the same way, too. One thing I noticed (besides all these places listed are really expensive places to live) is that these cities and states have a laissez-faire attitude toward drug use, including legal weed. Is that acting as a magnet for the homeless to go to these cities?

[@bIgMiKeObAmNa]

Absolutely. And cities that are soft on crime and give out lots of handouts. If i was a homeless drug addict I'd preferably want to live somewhere that wasn't going to lock me up for shooting up in public or take a dump on the sidewalk and somewhere that theft isn't prosecuted. Nice weather helps too.

[@debuthunter5389]

The moment Vancouver decriminalized all drugs and created "safe supply" literally meant that people can shoot up on the street without any consequence... The number homeless and drug addicted has boomed in that time, not improved.

[@mstallion98]

There are now a lot of KZbin videos out on living in your car car and urban and stealth camping. As you mentioned mental health and drugs are a contributor to the problem. Also many become comfortable with their homelessness and prefer to live in the streets rather than live with a roof over their head.

[@robertbenkelman947]

The ones mentioned are out in the western USA. Up in the northernmost US the winters can be brutally cold with snow. Big cities have shelters, but people head out west or go south. My late brother was homeless and he headed to California. Some cities didn’t want him and he had to leave. I’m retired and receive social security but I have an apartment and pay rent. My brother is deceased, drugs did him in, and now 💤 rests. They really need a solution….

[@indianastan]

Long story short.: Middle class is shrinking. Especially in California and Hawaii

[@penguinking4830]

Like someone famous once said: "The problem with Capitalism is that eventually the middle class runs out of money." I think this is what that looks like. My folks lived through the Depression. Mom's family lost the farm. Dad's family lost the ranch. Mom lived in a Corps of Engineers tent city for her teen years in the Dust Bowl. Maybe things haven't really changed all that much.

[@xman3988]

Perhaps you are thinking about Margaret Thatcher's quote? "The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

[@alonsolaw8380]

In california it's like dust bowl or great depression. The homeless and poverty is incredible

[@todaysvoice68]

I am so surprised Portland did not make this list. They are everywhere in this once beautiful city. Good video!

[@Quandtimus]

oh wow shocking ALL major California cities are on this list, GREAT JOB NEWSOME!

[@Meower68]

The weather there tends to be better than most anywhere else in the nation. Hawaii has a lot of homeless for exactly the same reason; the cost of living is high and the weather is quite nice, so you're less likely to die if you don't have a roof over your head.

[@SA-hz1rs]

florida cities are so bad Ronda lied to the FBI about their real crime stats. WAY TO GO!!!

[@kennethgardner3090]

The sad thing is you are right. We also need to think about the other politicians. California should be the greatest state in the United States. But right now? Far from it.

[@SA-hz1rs]

@@kennethgardner3090 way better than red states

[@kennethgardner3090]

@@SA-hz1rs sorry buddy, not anymore. But it can be again. Yes, I love California, well I did at one time.

[@arnoldjones2435]

I’m very surprised Boston is not on this list. We have something similar to skid row called: Methadome Mile.

[@kymourdarkmyth799]

I Used to donate to people who had cups asking for help and were selling newspapers, and/or flowers, but I refuse to do that anymore. It's not that I don't care, far from it. It's that around here you can't tell the difference between homeless and groups pretending to be homeless. There is a lot of money to be made panhandling and when you see all the street corners occupied by all appearances homeless only for it to turn out to be an organized ring of something, you give up on individual donations. It's sad I know, especially with how close we come to the homeless lately, but you can't trust your charity will reach the right people anymore.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Yup I was homeless and heard many too lazy to work but they got together working on scams to get money

[@rconach]

My aunt, a former NYC resident, used to give money to panhandlers. She stopped doing this when she saw one of these panhandlers playing the slot machines in Atlantic City.

[@nonservitium]

As a Sacramento native, I can tell you that 11k seems low. I was lucky to move my elderly mom away

[@halohat2286]

I grew up in the LA area, moved to the Denver area for about 5 years, then to the Phoenix area for about 18 years, then to the Seattle area for about 18 years. In that order. The Seattle area homeless problem is really bad, really really bad. And yet I miss that area the most, it is a magic place. I've lived in a very small town in the middle of nowhere Utah for the last 4 years. I've grown to appreciate what it doesn't have as much as I miss the things I loved about Seattle. If I could afford it I'd go back. But I made the mistake of selling my beautiful home in the Seattle area and moving to low cost little town Utah. A mistake not because there is anything wrong with Utah, but because I didn't realize I had it so good in the Seattle area.