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UK vs US homelessness (www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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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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[–] 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.