Woman sues L.A. after being struck by car on a street where tents block sidewalk
As a non-American person living in the US, I fail to understand one thing about its society. When I walk around town I see tons and tons of places advertising jobs, for simple stuff like kitchen, moving stuff around, etc. I even recently saw a store with a &quot;talk to the manager and start working right now&quot; sign. And then I walk around the streets and see all these homeless. It seems like a paradox to me, but I am obviously missing some important detail here.<p>Of course I understand some drug addicts may not want a job or simply know they can&#x27;t last more than a few days in one, but I would imagine a lot of these homeless people I see on the streets would actually like to have an income and be able to live anywhere that&#x27;s not the streets. How do you reconcile that with the fact that there are so many simple jobs with open positions everywhere?<p>This is not supposed to be a sarcastic or politically loaded question. Where I come from, jobs are simply unavailable and at the moment you advertise it, even if it&#x27;s just flipping burgers, there are lines and lines of people competing for it. I fail to understand why the US is so different. Anybody would please be able to point me at what I&#x27;m missing?<p>Edit: also, people who can&#x27;t afford housing usually live with their families for a long time (or the whole life). Tiny houses with entire generations of families living in it are common. I guess this is still miles better than living in the streets.