Have you seen camping tents on the sides of streets or highways and asked yourself, “how big is our homeless problem?” The problem of homelessness in the city of San Jose is drastically causing problems with no immediate plan to help out the homeless. An article in 2013 by Mark Emmons for TheMercuryNews.com, says the homeless numbers locally leave the San Jose/Santa Clara County behind some other bigger cities such as New York City, Seattle, and San Diego with 7,631 homeless people. San Jose is the capital of the Silicon Valley and has quickly grown into one of the richest and most expensive areas to live in throughout the years. The advancement in technology and innovation in the city, especially with many major tech companies like Apple and
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Imagine yourself as a citizen of the Bay Area and constantly having to witness firsthand the amount of homeless people panhandling out on the streets. Out on the East Side, Monterey Road, and at your local grocery stores. It is not human nature to deny these people help whether we would like too or not. You can 't help but feel pity. Cities like San Jose and San Francisco are amongst some of the richest places to live in the country but is plagued with high levels of homeless residents taking over the streets. The city of San Jose, which has a population of just over a million residents and in a article titled, Homelessness More Complex Since San Jose Shut Down ‘The Jungle’ by Thuy Vu says there are an estimated 4,000 homeless residents living in the city, with about 500 of those living out of their cars. San Jose also had one of the nation’s largest homeless encampments that people here called ‘The Jungle.’ This homeless encampment was located on the east side of San Jose and was fairly difficult to miss if you were from the area. A few hundred homeless people were living in camping tents and built homes from whatever they could
Imagine yourself as a citizen of the Bay Area and constantly having to witness firsthand the amount of homeless people panhandling out on the streets. Out on the East Side, Monterey Road, and at your local grocery stores. It is not human nature to deny these people help whether we would like too or not. You can 't help but feel pity. Cities like San Jose and San Francisco are amongst some of the richest places to live in the country but is plagued with high levels of homeless residents taking over the streets. The city of San Jose, which has a population of just over a million residents and in a article titled, Homelessness More Complex Since San Jose Shut Down ‘The Jungle’ by Thuy Vu says there are an estimated 4,000 homeless residents living in the city, with about 500 of those living out of their cars. San Jose also had one of the nation’s largest homeless encampments that people here called ‘The Jungle.’ This homeless encampment was located on the east side of San Jose and was fairly difficult to miss if you were from the area. A few hundred homeless people were living in camping tents and built homes from whatever they could