(11-06-2022, 04:14 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-06-2022, 03:50 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: This is the problem I have with statistics and polls and studies. Not every homeless person has been asked the questions and most won't answer, if they even understand the question. Percentages don't mean anything if you're not showing the number of people questioned vs the number of homeless people in that area. If you're only asking 42% of the homeless the question then your answer isn't correct. And you will never get a solid number of homeless in an area. It's impossible.

If you just don't believe in statistics, that's fine. But if we're not going to use statistics to see which one of us is right about homeless people, what are we going to use?

Have you ever been homeless? Have you had family members that were homeless and/or addicts, and/or had mental illness? Have you worked with them? Volunteered with organizations that serve them? I can say yes to all of these and I can tell you that in the areas I have this experience in, I don't need statistics because I've been in it or been around it. 

It's not up to me to figure this stuff out. When I can help those who are less fortunate, I do, and I can do it without having to know anything other than they need help. They don't care about stats and polls and any of that. If they're able to function, the ones who are not addicts or with serious mental illness, they care about their safety and their next meal. They care about the weather and do they have a place to sleep that night. They worry that they nice jacket someone gave them might be taken by the aggressive jerk down the street.  

The addicts and the mentally ill are a whole different subject with different needs.

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