Are there a large number of homeless in San Diego? Haven't been there in about 12 years, but have a family member there now who says there are tents of homeless people lining one of the downtown streets. She is prone to exaggeration so wanted another opinion.

It's perfect weather, so not a bad place to be homeless.

There is a little park between Gaslamp and convention center that had a lot of homeless the two times we were there.

It seems that San Francisco and Honolulu seem to be the same way. Nothing statistical to back that up. Just my opinion.

Not any more than any other normal large cities in America. I supposed you may think it's a lot if you reside in white suburbia and never venture out.

They used to have advertising telling homeless veterans to "Stand Down".

I guess a lot of the regular vets didn't want folks to think these guys were homeless because they had served.

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Not any more than any other normal large cities in America.

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Actually there are.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2016/11/25/the-u-s-cities-where-the-largest-homeless-pop-infographic/#793f398f4dde

Rates by city.

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/las-vegas-has-fourth-highest-rate-of-homelessness-in-us/75080646

There are lined streets of homeless here in Los Angeles. Even overpasses.

I grew up in San Diego and that is no exaggeration. The weather is usually very mild except for last week. I went to the Padres game last week and the area on Imperial Ave. near St. Vincent DePaul's looked like the ARCH in Austin except there were tents and more people. So no exaggeration from your family member.

Sorry to hear that.

I lolive in SD and travel all over. I don't think SD is that bad. Actually would think it would be worse with the weather. Portland is amazingly bad. LA and SF both bad. I'd put them as worse than SD.

Portland is just insane with tent cities everywhere.

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Not any more than any other normal large cities in America. I supposed you may think it's a lot if you reside in white suburbia and never venture out.

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Yeah, how dare you be white and live in the suburbs.

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Nothing wrong with it at all but there usually isn't much of a homeless population in suburbs that are predominantly white. Just pointing out the obvious. Didn't mean to offend anyone.

Rather than make the suburb comment which will undoubtedly tough a nerve, I guess the question is what the problem with seeing homeless people on vacation. I would assume the associated crime that come with poverty and mental illness is a problem but the Dominican, Mexico and a few carribean islands and many other places all have worse problems with poverty

In Portland the homeless are entitled.

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Not any more than any other normal large cities in America. I supposed you may think it's a lot if you reside in white suburbia and never venture out.

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Yeah, how dare you be white and live in the suburbs.

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Nothing wrong with it at all but there usually isn't much of a homeless population in suburbs that are predominantly white. Just pointing out the obvious. Didn't mean to offend anyone.

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of course you meant to offend people. You're on a travel forum wagging your finger at people, not a politics forum.

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Not any more than any other normal large cities in America. I supposed you may think it's a lot if you reside in white suburbia and never venture out.

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Yeah, how dare you be white and live in the suburbs.

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Nothing wrong with it at all but there usually isn't much of a homeless population in suburbs that are predominantly white. Just pointing out the obvious. Didn't mean to offend anyone.

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of course you meant to offend people. You're on a travel forum wagging your finger at people, not a politics forum.

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Sorry, I really don't understand how my comment was offensive, political, or directed at anyone. Let me rephrase, "San Diego may seem like it has a lot of homeless people if you don't venture far from communities without much of a vagrant population as everything is relative". Is that better?

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Not any more than any other normal large cities in America. I supposed you may think it's a lot if you reside in white suburbia and never venture out.

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Yeah, how dare you be white and live in the suburbs.

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Nothing wrong with it at all but there usually isn't much of a homeless population in suburbs that are predominantly white. Just pointing out the obvious. Didn't mean to offend anyone.

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of course you meant to offend people. You're on a travel forum wagging your finger at people, not a politics forum.

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Sorry, I really don't understand how my comment was offensive, political, or directed at anyone. Let me rephrase, "San Diego may seem like it has a lot of homeless people if you don't venture far from communities without much of a vagrant population as everything is relative". Is that better?

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So... you're arguing that San Diego doesn't have many homeless people by saying that it has more homeless people than other places?

No, I am saying San Diego doesn't have an exceptionally large homeless population but it may seems that way if you're not used to seeing homeless people where you live.

That last post was me trying to rephrase the section of my OP that apparently triggered some intense emotions. Regardless of how it was perceived, again that was not my intent.

Regardless, people are free to get worked up about whatever they want and if this is it, so be it. Personally, I'd find something more contructive to direct my internet outrage but to each their own.

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Not any more than any other normal large cities in America. I supposed you may think it's a lot if you reside in white suburbia and never venture out.

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Yeah, how dare you be white and live in the suburbs.

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Nothing wrong with it at all but there usually isn't much of a homeless population in suburbs that are predominantly white. Just pointing out the obvious. Didn't mean to offend anyone.

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of course you meant to offend people. You're on a travel forum wagging your finger at people, not a politics forum.

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Sorry, I really don't understand how my comment was offensive, political, or directed at anyone. Let me rephrase, "San Diego may seem like it has a lot of homeless people if you don't venture far from communities without much of a vagrant population as everything is relative". Is that better?

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Not any more than any other normal large cities in America. I supposed you may think it's a lot if you reside in white suburbia and never venture out.

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Gee, I wonder how your post could be seen as offensive, political, or directed at anyone. Hmm...maybe by essentially calling people who live in the suburbs racist or insinuating that any minority that lives in the suburbs have sold out to whitey.

Bravo Ag CPA and with a San Diego reference too!

I don't get the offense or the argument going on but I will state I walk by the ARCH in Austin everyday to go to work (so I get out of white suburbia) and San Diego has an even bigger homeless problem than Austin (which also has a big one but today is a little mre subdued with the large drug bust the other day).

And anyone who does not see it as a problem, see:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-hepatitis-san-diego-20170911-story.html

Are y'all really still arguing over the suburbia thing? On the Travel board?

No posting facts about travel to San Diego on the Travel board.

I am in Portland now, its worse now than it was a year ago, but for the most part they leave you alone, and if anything just ask for money. I always found the homeless in Chicago aggressive, I think I prefer my homeless entitled over aggressive.

Does San Diego have a "poop map" like San Francisco does to track where the biggest problems are from the homeless pooping on the streets and sidewalks?

Wow. Watched the video. Had no idea it was so bad in San Diego

There are a lot of homeless in San Diego (and in every major city in California). If you're talking about coming as a tourist, you won't be overwhelmed by them in the Gaslamp District or Balboa Park.

The homeless population is much more "in your face" in places like Los Angeles, NYC and San Francisco.