Serious question not addressed in the article: Why don't they move out of California?
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California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due to property prices
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Re: California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due to property prices
#22I had a friend who decided to live in his Ford Explorer in San Diego rather than pay rent.... Then he flipped his Explorer on the freeway going like 70 mph. He survived unscratched but his SUV was totaled. Fortunately for him, he was able to move in with his mom and stepdad (who he hated) but if he was anybody else and he didn't have family in the area he would have been completely homeless...
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#23Teachers and chefs I could see, but nurses?
My wife earns a six-figure salary as a nurse here in San Diego, CA and she works at one of the the lowest paying hospitals in the area.
Re: California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due to property prices
#24I had a friend who decided to live in his Ford Explorer in San Diego rather than pay rent.... Then he flipped his Explorer on the freeway going like 70 mph. He survived unscratched but his SUV was totaled. Fortunately for him, he was able to move in with his mom and stepdad (who he hated) but if he was anybody else and he didn't have family in the area he would have been completely homeless...
Presumably he could have afforded a new (to him) car albeit he'd pay a lot to do so quickly. Car prices in CA are perfectly reasonable.
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#25Is there no way, to just take a normal residential building, tear everything down inside except for the exterior walls and fill it with japanese sleep coffins?
Even if zoning laws would forbid this- life should find a way as they say.
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#26Teachers and chefs I could see, but nurses? My wife earns a six-figure salary as a nurse here in San Diego, CA and she works at one of the the lowest paying hospitals in the area.
The person they're talking about is a CNA. According to the US BLS they average 24k/year. Nowhere near six figures.
Re: California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due to property prices
#27Is there no way, to just take a normal residential building, tear everything down inside except for the exterior walls and fill it with japanese sleep coffins? Even if zoning laws would forbid this- life should find a way as they say.
That's a great idea, but please not in my neighborhood.
Re: California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due to property prices
#28Is there no way, to just take a normal residential building, tear everything down inside except for the exterior walls and fill it with japanese sleep coffins? Even if zoning laws would forbid this- life should find a way as they say.
People will still complain about anything more expensive than living in a car or tent.
Re: California's hidden homeless: workers living in cars due to property prices
#29Teachers and chefs I could see, but nurses? My wife earns a six-figure salary as a nurse here in San Diego, CA and she works at one of the the lowest paying hospitals in the area.
The person they're talking about is a CNA. According to the US BLS they average 24k/year. Nowhere near six figures.
Yeah, I just saw that. The headline is misleading. Nursing assistants are not the same thing as nurses.
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