The 16 most homeless cities in the world could surely use any of the measures modern technology offers to fight their problem. Homelessness has been a concerning problem ever since humankind settled down from constantly roaming in the form of tribes and looking for food. Today, while there are many more housing units than people occupy (even in the 10 poorest cities in America), the homeless are not decreasing at a promising rate, although homelessness is not as big of a problem as it was in the past. Today people in developed countries generally have the ability to purchase and remain owners of a property for generations ahead without much danger to their homes aside from natural disasters or the occasional fire. However, to do that, one must become a part of a system that is surely not suitable for absolutely anyone. While most people who do not wish to follow a predetermined way of life just to gain access to the basics they need to survive make it in one way or another, a lot of other people either become the victims of their own poor choices or are forced to live on the streets or wherever they find comfortable enough to settle for a while.
Today people face the problem of being forced out of having permanent shelter in different ways. While some may have gone as far as choosing this way of life, may are innocent victims of circumstances beyond their control (such as domestic abuse victims who ran away). The most a homeless person can get as far as a shelter is concerned is getting into an established shelter for homeless people which may offer food, a place to stay and donations of clothes altogether or separately. These, however, are more often than not run by volunteers and very few are backed by the government. Being homeless does not necessarily mean not owning anything at all in your life as some of the homeless have regular jobs and a few possessions which they take around with themselves while looking for a safer place to stay until their next shift. Being alone out there is undoubtedly very tough because of the lack of basic care, difficulty in providing hygiene facilities for yourself and the healthcare. Forming relations with the opposite gender is quite a daunting task too, as the very big majority of homeless people are male. Let’s take a look at where you can find an especially big number of them.
16. Rome – Italy
First on our list is Italy’s capital city which is the home to seven thousand of the seventeen thousand estimated homeless for the whole country.
15. Tampa – USA
Tampa has battled a homelessness problem for decades now but things are either improving too slowly or not at all.
14. San Diego – USA
While known as the second biggest city in its state, San Diego also takes the unfortunate prize of being the city with the second most homeless in the state as well.
13. Athens – Greece
Times have got tough for people in the capital of Greece recently and with their country being on the brink of bankruptcy, things are certainly not looking good.
12. Seattle – USA
Seattle, known for its unique music scene, is also a place which is specifically abundant in people without permanent shelter or any at all.
11. San Francisco – USA
San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities to live in and that certainly does has not helped its homelessness problem so far.
10. Sao Paulo – Brazil
Sao Paulo is a dangerous place to be homeless but also an easy one for you to become such with about ten thousand homeless.
9. Budapest – Hungary
Hungary has been on the brink of a homelessness crisis which lead to its ban. This ban forced homeless people to either join a shelter or end up in prison.
8. Buenos Aires – Argentina
Buenos Aires takes the eighth place in the list of the 16 most homeless cities in the world with over fifteen thousand homeless roaming the streets.
7. Mumbai – India
Mumbai is home to at least twenty-five thousand of the total of over twenty-three million homeless in the whole country.
6. Jakarta – Indonesia
Indonesia’s capital is home to over thirty thousand homeless people who have to resort to desperate measures to make it through the day.
5. Mexico City – Mexico
Mexico City is one of the most densely populated cities on the planet so not finding anywhere to live there must be an increasingly normal thing.
4. Moscow – Russia
Moscow is one of the biggest cities, located in the biggest country in the world so it was maybe bound to be on this list. However, the poverty which plagues the residents removes the “maybe” from the last sentence.
3. Los Angeles – USA
The third spot goes to Los Angeles, the City of Angels and also of concerning homelessness rates, apparently.
2. New York City – USA
The “Big Apple” might be too big for a huge number of people. Over seventy thousand people are in shelter already, and probably as much are on the streets of our second contender.
1. Manila – Philippines
Manila takes the first spot in the list of the 16 most homeless cities in the world with close to twenty-two million people who reside in slums which consist of very, very questionable housing so you can imagine the rate of homelessness in the city.
