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UK vs US homelessness (www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk)
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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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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

  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.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ExtremeDullard@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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.