vanes@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 hours agoTIL the number of pedestrians killed by drivers in the U.S. rose by 70 percent between 2010 and 2023www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down14
arrow-up1267arrow-down1external-linkTIL the number of pedestrians killed by drivers in the U.S. rose by 70 percent between 2010 and 2023www.washingtonpost.comvanes@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 hours agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-28 hours agoCost of living in that time has gone up substantially nation wide. In my city (Albuquerque) there are easily twice as many people on the street today as 15 years ago. This report says it’s gone up %40 in just the last 2 years alone.
minus-squaretoast@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoUm, that’s a report on homelessness. The majority of pedestrians are not, in fact, homeless.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-27 hours agoRight, but majority or not, if homelessness more than doubles, the number of pedestrians will also increase. Will it not? Keep in mind there is no one single cause here. There are half a dozen major causes probably.
Cost of living in that time has gone up substantially nation wide. In my city (Albuquerque) there are easily twice as many people on the street today as 15 years ago. This report says it’s gone up %40 in just the last 2 years alone.
Um, that’s a report on homelessness. The majority of pedestrians are not, in fact, homeless.
Right, but majority or not, if homelessness more than doubles, the number of pedestrians will also increase. Will it not?
Keep in mind there is no one single cause here. There are half a dozen major causes probably.