Malcom Gladwell has a wonderful little excerpt is his book, "What the Dog Saw" about homelessness and how the portion of "long term homeless" people follow a sharp hockey stick curve. That is - there is a very small portion of homeless who are continually on and off the streets for years and years, apparently suffering far worse off from addiction and sickness than the mass majority of homeless who are short term and only in need of temporary boosts to often never return to the streets after one or two stints of leas than 30 days.
My question is: did you see this curve in your travels, or could you speak to it?
Gladwell's book was published in the 2000s, so his sources may be out of date by now, but I often find myself thinking of that excerpt.
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Malcom Gladwell has a wonderful little excerpt is his book, "What the Dog Saw" about homelessness and how the portion of "long term homeless" people follow a sharp hockey stick curve. That is - there is a very small portion of homeless who are continually on and off the streets for years and years, apparently suffering far worse off from addiction and sickness than the mass majority of homeless who are short term and only in need of temporary boosts to often never return to the streets after one or two stints of leas than 30 days.
My question is: did you see this curve in your travels, or could you speak to it?
Gladwell's book was published in the 2000s, so his sources may be out of date by now, but I often find myself thinking of that excerpt.
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