Homeless in America

On a recent trip to California, my spouse and I were shocked by the number of homeless that we saw on the street. Of course, we have a fair number of homeless in Tucson as well, but clearly not as many as in California. We suspected that this was the result of the uniformly pleasant weather in the Golden State. This idea is supported by the large number of homeless living in Florida. Homelessness is a huge social and medical problem here in the US. Seventeen of every 10,000 persons living here experiences homelessness.