The Oakland, California Homeless Problem is Beyond Belief

Is this where America is headed Oakland California sure does have a homeless problem. Driving around town, theres homeless encampments all over the place. Theyre on the side of the roads in dirt lots. Theres long stretches of them on sidewalks. Some of em are tents, some are RVs, some are actual encampments with makeshift structures where hundreds of people gather in communities. Its estimated theres around 5, 000 homeless individuals throughout the city of Oakland, but no one really knows the exact number. And the number of people on the streets in Oakland has nearly doubled in the last two years alone. A lot of that has to do with the high cost of living in the Bay Area. Apartments that were once 1, 000 a month now cost closer to 3, 000 a month. A lot of the homeless are addicts. But theres no real one reason homelessness is so high in Oakland. You ask 10 homeless people why they live on the streets and youll get 10 different answers. Look at this one in West Oakland. This one is sort of sa