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		dragonwriter on June 27, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as ba... > A cursory google search reveals that 1 in 4 of those in homeless shelters have a severe mental disorder. The number I'm familiar with is 35%, but either is a minority. > These numbers do not paint a small minority Which is probably why I never qualified “minority” with “small”.

ProfessorLayton on June 27, 2017 [–]

I got my numbers from here:

https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-By-the-Numbers

> ...may help a fraction of that minority. > Which is probably why I never qualified “minority” with “small”.

I believe we're now arguing about semantics, so lets agree to disagree.

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