At 03:22 PM 7/09/00 -0700, James Rogers wrote:
>> Looking at (for example) the proportion of visible
>> hungry homeless peoplein the USA and Australia
>> I'm sure there's an excuse, though.
>Per the Australian government: ~150k out of 20M people are currently
>classified as homeless
>Per various U.S. sources (primarily advocacy and academic sources): Total
>homeless population in the United States is currently estimated at
>500-750k and relatively stable, depending on the source. Total population
>of the U.S.: around 260M.
Hmm, I'm dead in the water.
I'm sure there's an excuse, though. :)
I mentioned `visible hungry homeless people'. I wonder if the definitions
vary between continents. I don't see that many filthy, demented people
wandering the streets here, panhandling and just looking awful. Admittedly
I don't get out of the suburbs much these days, but Melbourne or Sydney
city proper aren't anything like I recall seeing in Manhattan, say. (The
density of people doesn't feel all that different on the ground, especially
in Sydney.)
Damien Broderick
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