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		lifeguard on April 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Homeless in Silicon Valley Is it relevant that America's incarcerated population (mostly working age) is not included in that %? (I mean the shadow economy is statistically significant here)

Evbn on April 6, 2013 [–]

Incarcerated aren't homeless.

And stats about US's horrible mental.health care undermine your claim that mental illness doesn't drive homelessness.

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