Arlington is one of the counties that surrounds the US nation’s capital of Washington D.C. It is a place where you can find federal offices, three Fortune 500 companies, one of Amazon’s headquarters, THE PENTAGON…I think you get the point. It is also a place where according to the 2023 census the median household income was $140,160 and per capita income was $88,024.
I do think that there will always be un housed people here because mental illness and addiction is a strong factor. in Arlington the resources and generosity due to wealth will always attract un houses people. Also Arlington has everything close together where Fairfax/falls church you need a car. Living in Arlington I always feel bad about the unhoused but do to the nature of being they can be dangerous. There one man that lives by me that yells racial slurs at people and attacked a lady 6 months ago. understandably this causes people to look down on all un housed people rightly or wrongly.
I do think that there will always be un housed people here because mental illness and addiction is a strong factor. in Arlington the resources and generosity due to wealth will always attract un houses people. Also Arlington has everything close together where Fairfax/falls church you need a car. Living in Arlington I always feel bad about the unhoused but do to the nature of being they can be dangerous. There one man that lives by me that yells racial slurs at people and attacked a lady 6 months ago. understandably this causes people to look down on all un housed people rightly or wrongly.
I guess I am an outcast. I am very, very seldom looking at my device anywhere I go.