alt Hacker News> The primary reason is housing unaffordability
Nope. The correlation absolutely disappears when you look at drug policies. Turns out, that places with permissive drug use policies correlate well with rising prices.
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pocksuppet • yesterday at 6:29 AM
Sounds like people are willing to pay more to live in places that aren't a police state.
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antonvs • yesterday at 5:08 AM
I'm about to blow your mind with a simple phrase: correlation is not causation.
Seriously though, you have an unsupported belief and you're looking to cherry-pick ways to support it. It's not rational.
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Actually it stays present! [1] When controlled for any number of factors homelessness is clearly a housing issue.
> [1] https://homelessnesshousingproblem.com/