What is going on everyone? It is time to do another requested video back in April
we did a video about the best places to be homeless cuz sometimes like Minnesota
sucks to be homeless because you might freeze to death
so there's nice places to be homeless if that's the cards you were dealt nobody
wants to be homeless in the last couple weeks I have noticed that it's getting
more and more attention the federal government is talking about getting
involved in California and New York's homeless problem there's also talk of
working on the extreme poverty in the southern states as well which is all
really good news the reality of homelessness is that it can happen to
anyone a lot of people are just one or two paychecks away from living in their
car or actually on the streets I know a guy who got laid off from his
good-paying job and lived in his car and showered at his lower paying job for
about four months until he got back to his old job made more money can happen
those things happen it's not just money problems I went to school with a girl
who had a breakdown while going to UCLA and she just walked away from apartment
she lived on the streets of Santa Monica for almost a year before her family
found her and she's from an upper middle-class family I think her dad was
a lawyer it's not just your stereotypical old man that drinks and
has bad luck betting on the ponies it can happen to anyone as I said it could
happen to anyone luckily for both these people life
turned around with some help in the description box below I have links to
some great organizations if you wanted to help out they're there for you
so what cities have the most homeless people in the United States we're gonna
find out right now in my top 10 American cities with the most homeless number 10
Las Vegas Nevada if you didn't know Las Vegas would be on this list you've
probably never been to Las Vegas and before you feel the need to point out
the difference between Las Vegas and Paradise Nevada stop typing we are
talking about metro areas in this video Vegas is the city of entertainment and
apparently a ton of people end up homeless here there are about 2.2
million residents in the Las Vegas metro area and about 6,000 homeless residents
the unemployment here is one of the main factors in the homeless problem it's at
7 percent currently while those who do work are barely scraping by with an
income that's way lower than the national average at $29,000 a year
gambling giant margaritas and other addictions
play a big part of putting people on the street in Las Vegas I wouldn't want to
be homeless here it's just sweltering heat most of the year
and I mean that's never comfortable even when you have a place to go home and
take a shower and then you got a factor in permanent sunburn because you
probably can't afford sunblock no thank
you the good news is they have a lot of
programs for the homeless here they kind of have two numbered I'm Boston
Massachusetts Boston is the fifth most populated city on the East Coast with
six hundred and sixty-seven thousand residents the entire metro area has
about 4.6 million more than 6,200 residents here have been struck by
homelessness while the unemployment rate is kind of low at 2.7 the jobs they have
there are not quality jobs for the area at least the cost living here is 81
percent higher than the average with the housing cost spiking about two hundred
and fifteen percent higher than the national average in other words people
can't afford an apartment Boston working at a gas station if you make under
$30,000 a year while living in Boston chances are you have five roommates and
you're very close to living on the streets I read about one guy who became
homeless because a he was broke and he figured it was harder for the bail bonds
company that was trying to track him down
it was harder for them to find him if he had you know didn't have an address that
might be kind of smart though think about it it's hard to track someone down
when they have a situation where their home address is kind of fluid number
eight Phoenix Arizona Phoenix may be one of the most dangerous places to be
homeless in terms of natural conditions the city has about 1.6 million residents
the metro area has about five million and about 6,400 residents are homeless
about 25% of them are unsheltered and living on the streets unsheltered means
they are basically urban campers they're living into the stars most nights if not
all nights not in a car or some homeless shelter the local government is set up
there outside that means they're exposed to the extreme Arizona heat which can be
very dangerous I've seen people get heatstroke it ain't
cool like day two of Ranger School in the Army some dude collapsed on a run
and he started screaming like Sam Kinison if you don't know Sam Kinison is
anyway this dude was like oh my god what is happening to me what is happening me
he was having heat stroke and I was thinking the same thing
oh my god what is happening to this dude any
he got a free helicopter ride and we kept running extreme heat with no
shelter can be really bad for human beings it's just how it is
thankfully the Phoenix homeless project is a program that targets the homeless
to get them back on their feet and get them off the streets and get them what
they need it's a good thing number seven Washington DC the country's
capital is not some place you'd expect there to be many homeless unfortunately
it is however and no they're not all politicians that lost their last
election that would be kind of good though they could see how the other half
lives and maybe make some changes the homeless population has risen to nearly
7,000 over the last couple of years the good news is it went down a little the
last two years which is good let's hope that trend continues and we can all
learn from it so why did it get to 7,000 in the nation's capital in part it was
the unemployment rate of Washington DC had spiked to 5.6 this is during good
times this isn't during the recession this forced about 16% of the residents
to live in extreme poverty and home foreclosures raised to 2 point 1 3
percent that's the kind of a lot across the country unemployment is down which
is great the fact of the matter is most of those jobs are really low-paying jobs
which sometimes leads to working homeless people homeless people that
have jobs it's not good and that's what's happening in Washington DC right
now number 6 San Jose just down the 101 from San Francisco you
have San Jose or as an army friend of mine from Minnesota called it sanho gee
I don't know why San Jose is the third largest city in California with just
under a million residents the bad news is in San Jose City just the city by
itself there's over 6,000 residents that are homeless either in shelters or on
the streets the San Jose metro area has about 10,000 homeless residents the city
offers a few emergency shelters but they got a ton more resources such as life
moves that helps homeless individuals and families in many ways like finding
shelters getting warm home cooked meals things like that I'll leave a link for
them below number five San Diego California being
homeless is no joke but at least in San Diego you can do it and be warm
among San Diego's 1.4 million residents about 8500 of them are homeless the
entire metro area is working with about 11,000 the unemployment rate here is
less than California's average at 3.6 percent and that's as of july of 2019 so
it isn't much of a factor as other places they have a lot of homeless for a
place that has jobs that kind of tells us that if the unemployment did spike it
could get much much worse in San Diego now understand unemployment is only one
of the many reasons someone becomes homeless matter of fact to the major
ones our psychological problem and drug addiction which in some cases it's the
same thing but those are the two things that get named the most San Diego
wrestles with other issues being so close to the border that contribute to
their homeless situation then of course you have the weather like I said in my
last video if you got to be homeless you should do it where there's good weather
if you can I think two or three of those youtubers that live in their van are
doing their videos in San Diego they live in San Diego it's these van life
videos and what's strange is most of them are young ladies it's really weird
that that's what it's come to but that's a situation we have to live
with it's usually a lot of times with people like that
it's student loan debt number four San Francisco California yes San
Francisco is not the worst like I'm sure many of you were expecting San Francisco
is bad but it's not that third world country bad some in the political arena
want you to believe I was there like four months ago I found no human waste
or needles on the streets let it go San Francisco is known for being way too
expensive the city has a population of 885 thousand residents and about nine
thousand of them are homeless in this case we're just talking about the city
not the metro area the overall cost of living here is 204 percent higher than
the national average with housing costs about six hundred and eleven percent
higher than the national average that's disgusting
the average income here is about 96 thousand a year however anything under a
hundred thousand in San Francisco is considered low income how bad does that
suck you have an income that 45% of the country dreams about and you could
barely make it work in San Francisco you don't need to be homeless in San
Francisco you just need to leave San Francisco if you're not making
the 150,000 a year there's no need to try and make it work anymore
pack it up go someplace else go live in the desert San Francisco isn't worth it
number three Seattle Washington Seattle is home to some pretty big companies
like Amazon and Starbucks however if you're not fortunate enough to work for
one of those companies it may be hard to find a good job that pays well in this
area Seattle is a very expensive place with the cost of living being about 104
percent higher than the national average and the housing index alone being about
307 percent higher than the national average it's no surprise that CLI is the
third most homeless residence at twelve thousand that's a lot of homeless people
the sad fact is it'll probably climb even higher next year number two Los
Angeles California Los Angeles County or Los Angeles metro area has about 10
million residents with about 50,000 of those being homeless you heard me right
50,000 people in Los Angeles are homeless
besides the places like Skid Row which should have been fixed 20 or 30 years
ago you have these streets in industrial areas where people living in cars vans
and motorhomes make these little villages at night it's
like Winnebago Ville or something Los Angeles is the largest city on the west
coast right next to San Diego being the largest city in a prime area things can
get crowded and expensive in a relatively cheaper area and somewhat
safer for Los Angeles safer like Mar Vista a five hundred square foot studio
apartment is anywhere from 1900 to $2,500 a month
five hundred square feet studio apartment that much and it could get
higher but that's kind of the average if you must live in Los Angeles try a
nearby suburb to save some money I saw an interview where some of these mobile
homeless people were living and the guy went around and talked to some of them
one guy said he needs to be close to his workman's comp lawyer and a good payday
loan place just to survive that's just a bad bad situation when that's what
you're waiting for and number one New York City New York
New York City is the most populated city in the country with eight point three
five million residents that is just the city not the county or metro area
anything like that eight point three five million residents among these
residents seventy eight thousand of them are homeless you heard me right seventy
eight thousand it's a tough place in New York City especially if you're going
through rough times the cost of living here is extremely high with housing cost
being about two hundred fifty four percent higher than the rest of the
country so many people romanticize New York and Los Angeles for that matter and
they often forget about the tragic situations like the number of people
living on the streets and hungry pretty sad New York City has a ton of programs
and shelters to help with this situation but it isn't enough the people that work
for these programs and shelters are overworked and underappreciated
hopefully someday they can get a handle on this and you know get it down
somewhat from like 78,000 that's still incredible anyway
New York City does have the highest population of the homeless in the
country I know this was kind of a bummer of a subject I hope you learned
something like I said I'll leave some links below if you'd like to help out
one of the many organizations that help the homeless everybody have a great day
be nice to each other and remember we're kind of all in this together
you