(11-03-2022, 12:52 PM)Sneakers Wrote:

(11-03-2022, 10:05 AM)mikesez Wrote: If you look at rents over an approximate 10 mile radius of each city, rent for a 1 bed 750 sf apartment is about 70% more in Seattle compared to Providence.
Yes, Seattle should offer more thorough drug treatment.
They also need to build more housing.

Give a homeless druggie housing and what do you have?  Drug addiction, while not the only cause, is a huge contributing factor to the homeless surge spreading across the country.  All the housing in the world won't fix the underlying problem.