Something that would be worth considering in homelessness discussion re: Portland, SF, etc is how many of these people are city dwellers that became homeless versus already-homeless people who gravitated toward (or were shipped to) the city? The former is a reflection on the city, but in my opinion the latter is less a reflection on the city than it is of the nation.

If I become homeless and move out to Portland, is that an indictment of Portland? Is it more their responsibility to house me than say, Pittsburg, who may have sent the people there on a bus? I don't know the stats mentioned above but it seems like the places that have huge homeless problems are mostly those with nice mild weather and tolerant residents.

While I lean left and support affordable housing and the welfare state, it seems a little unfair to saddle those places particularly with housing a homeless population that they didn't cause to be homeless.