8. Los Angeles
Like many other prosperous cities, the high cost of living in Los Angeles means that many people have been forced to live on the streets as they have lost their homes. However, a large drug problem has also contributed to the more than 50,000 that make up the homeless population in the city as criminal records and substance abuse means that they find it difficult to get jobs. Amazingly, almost half of the homeless population in Los Angeles is African-American despite the fact that they make up less than 10% of the total population.
Perhaps the most shocking fact about the homeless problem in the home of Hollywood is the fact that so many people don’t have any shelter whatsoever. A shortage of emergency accommodation means that 70% of every person without a home has to sleep without any form of shelter, the highest proportion in the entire US.
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