According to this article, the current count is "more than 3000" homeless homo saps (HHS) in Anchorage.  How many more?  Who knows?  Taking an average between K-Dog's 10K and 3K, call it 6500.  This with a total population of slightly under 300K, for an HHS rate of 2%. If a city the size of NYC (8M) had this HHS rate, there would be 160K HHS.  Actual estimate is around 70K, so about double the per capita rate there.

Latest plan?  Hand them free tickets to the Lower 48.  One quote from a HHS said he'll go to Seattle because he heard the weather is better there.  ::)   I would suggest Miami for the Winter, then he probably could get a free bus ticket to Bangor next summer.  Be a Snowbird HHS rat!  Or maybe get his free plane ticket destination as Honolulu.  Hawaii is pretty comfortable year around due to being surrounded by the pacific ocean.

One thing an AK HHS would be giving up if he accepted one of these one way tickets to paradise on the streets of Seattle would be his annual share of the PFD,, the check every resident gets from  the Oil industry, which last year was $3200.  This year it's looking to be half that, but still it covers your cancerettes if you keep your smoking habit down to 1/4 pack/day, or better yet roll your own.

There is a big Mall named Northway that's been closed for years I would think would be a logical choice, but so far they got no funding for anything.  If they don't figure out something, its gonna start getting ugly in about 3 months.  At least the bears are hibernating in the winter though.  :)

https://alaskapublic.org/2023/07/31/anchorage-homeless-face-cold-and-bears-a-plan-to-offer-one-way-airfare-out-reveals-a-bigger-crisis/

Anchorage homeless face cold and bears. A plan to offer one-way airfare out reveals a bigger crisis

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