I've been to all of those places, many times when I was gainfully employed, I spent most of my working life overseas. I can tell you for 100% sure that nearly all of those homeless are beyond help. It's drugs, criminal activity, booze, mental problems - no one will ever solve it.
But it's not lack of jobs, because there's plenty of them. Once you been convicted in the USA it's very hard to get a job, employers don't like crims.
