An Utopia where homeless is zero would be great.
It's just not realistic in a human society, at scale, where, among else, Mental Health issues and less-than-perfect abundance societies still exist. We have not yet transcended into that Utopia.
In the meanwhile, Japan is not zero for homelessness, but it is the lowest among all major cities, especially of this Metropolis size. As Protopia as they come on that metric.
The official rate is 4 per 100,000
You could stretch it to 4x that a 16 per 100,000 to make room for those semi-homeless, say sleeping in net-cafes and showering in gyms while living from a baito.
Rate per 100k, homelessness in Major Cities.
~1,600 NYC
~1,200 Los Angeles
~1,020 San Francisco
~690 Chicago
~140 Houston
~300 Paris
~1,450 Berlin
~815 Brussels
~250 Dublin
~9 Osaka
~4 Tokyo
Government Survey Finds Japanese Homeless Population Continues to Decrease | Nippon.com
Almost 1m people across Europe are homeless on any given night | Homelessness | The Guardian
Nearly 10,000 people homeless in Brussels, up 25% since 2022: Report
Berlin forecasts significant increase in homelessness by 2029 – The Berliner
Nuit de la solidarité: 4292 homeless counted in Greater Paris, a stable figure – Sortiraparis.com
Homeless in Los Angeles County, California
Which US cities have the largest homeless populations? | USAFacts
kudos and my respect to anyone doing even a little bit to help their fellow humans, in Tokyo or elsewhere.
even one IS too many
let's just be realistic about the numbers, and grateful that Tokyo is doing this good, rather than gleeful to point out that it is not an absolute zero.
by YakuNiTatanu