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> Remarkably, slightly more than one-third of students – or 1,147 children – are defined as homeless here, mostly sharing homes with other families because their parents cannot afford one of their own, and also living in RVs and shelters

So clearly I was homeless all the years I lived with roommates.

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Redefining multi-family living arrangements (very common in many parts of the world) as homelessness is actually a little offensive.

I think it's more offensive that working families can't afford their own place to live.

In this case, you're redefining "multi-family arrangements" to include the case of children involuntarily separated from their own parents. Which would count as misery and hardship, in any part of the world.

I just don't understand. I moved out of the Valley because even as a techie, I felt priced out. There are PLENTY of great places to live in this country that aren't Silicon Valley and cost a fraction of how expensive it is to live in the most contested real estate in the world. Houston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Denver are fantastic places, and you can have your own land (with a yard!) for a fraction of the cost. I just don't get the mentality here that every other place but the Valley must be Siberia.

So clearly I was homeless all the years I lived with roommates.

The point is that, as children, they're supposed to be able to live with their own families. In one of the richest urban areas on the planet, after all.

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