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UK vs US homelessness (www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Blackburn with Darwen borough currently has seven rough sleepers on its streets the council’s leader has revealed.

Three weeks ago, I was living in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Terre Haute has a population of less than 60,000. Blackburn and Darwen has a population of over 150,000.

Terre Haute has an estimated 500 homeless people.

It will get down to 1°F/-17 °C there on Wednesday night.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Blackburn is one of the poshest places in the UK? What are you even talking about?

https://www.plumplot.co.uk/Blackburn-salary-and-unemployment.html

The only reason we're even staying here is that it was cheaper to stay here short-term than almost any other place in England with an urban population.