Living in Orange County, CA

Just when it seems things couldn't get any more boring, enter Orange County, CA. If you've been here to this place, you probably have a good idea what I am talking about.

Many would like to think that a place that is home to about 4 million residents would be more affluent and interesting. Is it not a shame when the stones are turned and we discover that sometimes things aren't always what they seem to be.

Sometimes Things that seem glitzy are more on the dull side. Here is a picture of the beautiful Orange County, California. The hidden side of the city is that it is so expensive that many of its inhabitants are forced to live on the streets.

What seem like normal people, people that would otherwise be successful if not at least average citizens...are reduced down to some of there barest modern day "needs" such as backpacks, headphones, bicycles.

The problem is the artificial cost of housing. When we talk about the housing crisis, we are probably talking about the mortgage crisis and the homeowners who are losing their homes, but what we fail to acknowledge all the people who are priced out of the rental market as well and are forced to live homeless.

We must ask ourselves, what is the solution? How do large cities and highly competitive housing markets deal with homelessness? Or is there any way?