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UK vs US homelessness

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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  • Apple and oranges. You're comparing a random US town with one of the poshest place in the UK.

    Which is apparently factually wrong. I got the place mixed up probably...

    • 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.

      1. No homeless folks "have it good".
      2. I suspect you work for the Blackburn and Darwen tourist board.

      Seriously though, some areas of B&D are in the top 10% for deprivation in the UK. A far call from one of the "poshest places in the UK".

      you can read more here.

      • Looking at their post history, I suspect they're American. And not recently emigrated to the UK American like me.

        I'm thinking one of the poshest places in the UK wouldn't be 30% Muslim. With a large proportion of that 30% being immigrants. Something tells me most non-white immigrants aren't that lucky.

        • Sorry I must have remembered the place wrong. The last time I lived in the UK was in the late 90's.

          That's why I pulled my post. No sense in misleading people.

          • There are some lovely places in that area, and like anywhere in the UK, I bet it has bits that are posh.

            As a Northerner, there's something nice knowing that you left with such a positive memory of the place.

            The last 20 years though, they've been pretty brutal up here.

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